People protect what they love Jacques Yves Cousteau
National Estuaries Day 2020
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Public Squares
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The city has many public squares, in which are situated the markets and other places for buying and selling. Hernan Cortes
In the Protective Environment of the Bay
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September 19-26, 2020 is National Estuaries Week Biscayne Bay is a shallow estuary. It is a place where freshwater from the mainland mixes with salt water from the sea. The bay serves as a nursery for marine life. Lush seagrass … Continue reading
Welcome Back
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From Gulf Stream sharks to the tiny organisms within coral, the Aquarium is a trip through the beautiful watery worlds of South Florida. The building works on three levels, beginning on the top Royal Caribbean Vista level where you travel … Continue reading
A Very Simple Enclosure
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“I don’t think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.” Zaha Hadid
Lunch Under Our Umbrella
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I think we should have more coffeehouses, more cafes, more “third places.” More places where people can get together that’s not work, not home, and where they can interact with people who are different from them. Eric Weiner
By Your Side
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“I would be a kapok tree by your sideStanding with youboth of us shaped like trees.Our roots hold hands underground,Our leaves touch in the clouds.As a gust of wind passes byWe salute each otherAnd not a soulUnderstands our language.” Shu … Continue reading
CVI.CHE 105
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“Happier than a cat in a Peruvian fish market.” Coriander Woodruff
Harmonic Convergence
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Christopher Janney’s Harmonic Convergence, an interactive public art project integrated into the MIA Mover Station at Miami International Airport, was one of the projects recognized by the Americans for the Arts’ Public Art 2012 Year in Review. Miami International Airport
Follow Your Own Circle
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“Follow your own circle. See where it takes you.” Adrienne Posey
Yellow
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Yellow is the color of the east, childhood, and morning. Jeffrey D. Anderson
I Just Wanted to Say
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I just wanted to sayLook around and try to see what’s not there,Look at life and appreciate it,For you will not always hold it. Rafaella, G.W. Carver Middle School (6th grade)