Miami Turns 111
One hundred eleven years ago today, 344 people crammed into the second floor of The Lobby, (it's the two-story building to the left of the small building in the center of the photo) and voted to incorporate Miami as a city. We imagine standing in such cramped quarters with no air conditioning on a Miami July day was probably miserable — we envision the pioneers putting their sweat into the city charter, both literally and figuratively — but we're glad someone was willing to do it.
Photo: Claude Matlack Collection, Historical Museum of Southern Florida
