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50 Alhambra Cir,
Coral Gables, FL
33134
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50 Alhambra Cir,
Coral Gables, FL
33134 is the he
Villa Alhambra
condominium address
location in Coral
Gables Florida. |
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50
Alhambra Cir, Coral
Gables, FL 33134
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50 Alhambra Cir,
Coral Gables, FL
33134 is an address
in Coral gables
Florida.
Coral
Gables was one of
the first planned
communities, and
prefigured the
development of the
gated community and
the homeowners
association. It is
famous for its
strict zoning
regulations.
The city was
developed by George
Edgar Merrick during
the Florida land
boom of the 1920s.
The city's
architecture is
almost entirely
Mediterranean
Revival Style. By
1926, the city
covered 10,000 acres
(40 km2), had netted
$150 million in
sales with over $100
million spent on
development.
Merrick designed the
downtown commercial
district to be only
four blocks wide and
more than two miles
(3 km) long. The
main artery bisected
the business
district. Merrick
could boast that
every business in
Coral Gables was
less than a
two-block walk. The
city used to have an
old electric trolley
system which was
replaced by the
popularity of modern
automobiles, but now
a new free
circulator trolley
system, initiated in
November, 2003, runs
down Ponce de León
Boulevard. In 1925,
roughly simultaneous
to the founding of
Coral Gables, the
city was selected as
the home to the
University of Miami,
which was
constructed that
year on 240 acres
(0.97 km2) of land
just west of U.S.
Route 1,
approximately two
miles south of
downtown Coral
Gables. During World
War II many Navy
pilots and mechanics
were trained and
housed in Coral
Gables. |
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