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The
University inn condominium is
located in Coral gables FL.
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.
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