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26-600: Coconut Grove , also known colloquially as “ The Grove ,” is an affluent and the oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood of Miami in Miami-Dade County , Florida . The neighborhood is roughly bounded by North Prospect Drive to the south, LeJeune Road to the west, South Dixie Highway ( US 1 ) and Rickenbacker Causeway to the north, and Biscayne Bay to the east. It is south of the neighborhoods of Brickell and The Roads and east of Coral Gables . The neighborhood's name has been sometimes spelled "Cocoanut Grove" but

52-463: A non-profit organization headed by Mike Lucas. The Strut was on hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic and is resuming for 2022 on January 8, 2023. The parade lampoons both local and national figures and issues. In 1986, the parade included a group of people dressed as members of the sex and drug trades, calling themselves the " Biscayne Boulevard Chamber of Commerce". In 1996 several floats poked fun at

78-474: A population of 9,141 residents, with 3,477 households, and 2,082 families residing in the neighborhood. The median household income was $ 63,617.82. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 14.80% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 48.27% Black or African American , 35.27% White (non-Hispanic) , and 1.66% other races (non-Hispanic) . The "West" Grove (Black Grove) is predominantly composed of people who are of Afro-Bahamian descent. Bahamian sailors were one of

104-570: A small portion of ZIP Code 33129. The area is often referred to as " The Grove ,” and locals take pride that Coconut Grove is one of the greenest areas of Miami. Coconut Grove is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at Coconut Grove and Douglas Road stations. Several waves of immigration established Coconut Grove, the first in 1825, when the Cape Florida lighthouse went into operation, kept by John Dubose. The settlers primarily came from

130-810: Is on the Bay between Kennedy Park and the Coral Reef Yacht Club. Pan Am 's seaplane operations were based at Dinner Key, and the Miami City Hall is based in the old Pan Am terminal building. Demographically, Coconut Grove is split up into "Northeast Coconut Grove" and "Southwest Coconut Grove", and as of 2000, the total population of both of the neighborhood's sections made up between 18,953 and 19,646 people. The zip codes for all of Coconut Grove include 33129 and 33133. The area covers 5.607 square miles (14.52 km). As of 2000, there were 9,695 males and 9,951 females. The median age for males were 38.4 years old, while

156-575: Is one of Miami's oldest neighborhoods. As such, many of Miami's oldest buildings and homes are located in the Grove. Some of these include: Neighborhoods of Miami This is a list of neighborhoods in Miami in Miami-Dade County , Florida , United States . Many of the city's neighborhoods have been renamed, redefined and changed since the city's founding in 1896. As such, the exact extents of some neighborhoods can differ from person to person. The following

182-682: Is the list of all the city's major neighborhoods, including any corresponding sub-neighborhoods within them. Brickell is at the center of the Miami core. Its borders are Interstate 95 to the west, Brickell Bay to the east, the Miami River to the north, and Rickenbacker Causeway to the south. Coconut Grove is an example of a neighborhood whose size and name has stayed relatively the same since its settlement in 1825. Having been settled originally as "Cocoanut Grove", its character has stayed almost intact from its early days. In contrast, other neighborhoods have undergone many name and size changes. Buena Vista

208-454: The City of Miami 's debt crisis, including a mock auction of city buildings. In 1997 and 2000, floats mocked the area's history of voting irregularities, with the latter year focusing on the issues the state faced during the 2000 presidential election . There is no stringent entry process for participants. Simply showing up to a meeting and announcing a desire to participate is enough. In one case,

234-508: The Grove becomes a center of nightlife frequented by locals, young professionals, students from the nearby University of Miami and Florida International University , and tourists. Shopping is abundant in the Grove, with two open-air malls, CocoWalk , the Streets of Mayfair, and many other street shops and boutiques. The Village Center, the three blocks radiating from and focusing on the intersection of Main, McFarland, and Grand Avenues, home to

260-498: The Northeastern United States, in addition to British and Bahamian immigrants. They included sailors, naturalists, and artists. Many black Bahamian immigrants were hired to construct the historical landmarks in and around Coconut Grove. They were believed to be the only people capable of withstanding the extreme heat and humidity, as well as the large mosquito population. Dr. Horace P. Porter is credited for coming up with

286-480: The area. Major corporations including Arquitectonica , Spanish Broadcasting System , and Watsco are located in the Grove. The eastern border of Coconut Grove is Biscayne Bay , which lends itself to the local boating and sailing communities. The area features the Coconut Grove Sailing Club , Biscayne Bay Yacht Club , a sizable municipal marina, Dinner Key Marina, and others The US Sailing Center

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312-490: The definitive spelling "Coconut Grove" was established when the city was incorporated in 1919. What is today referred to as Coconut Grove was formed in 1925 when the city of Miami annexed two areas of about equal size, the city of Coconut Grove and most of the town of Silver Bluff. Coconut Grove approximately corresponds to the same area as the 33133 ZIP Code although the ZIP Code includes parts of Coral Way and Coral Gables and

338-520: The first commodore and founder of the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club , an American yacht designer, and early resident of Coconut Grove. Formerly an independent city, Coconut Grove was annexed by the city of Miami in 1925. In the 1960s, bay-shore Coconut Grove served as the center of South Florida's youth countercultural movement , notably hosting several love-ins and concerts (including a now-infamous Doors concert at Dinner Key Auditorium ) during

364-558: The first groups of settlers in the area. The Goombay festival is a celebration of the rich history of this historically Bahamian neighborhood. Coconut Grove is served by Metrobus throughout the area, and by the Miami Metrorail at: Metrobus ' Coconut Grove Connection connects at Coconut Grove and Douglas Road stations, going to many popular areas within the Grove, including CocoWalk and Peacock Park. Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates area public schools: Former and current residents include: Established in 1825, Coconut Grove

390-657: The last Sunday in December. The Great Taste of the Grove Food & Wine Festival takes place each April. Each June, the Goombay Festival transforms Grand Avenue in Coconut Grove into a Carnaval ( Caribbean Carnival ), celebrating Bahamian culture , with Bahamian food and Caribbean music ( Junkanoo ). The Grove has numerous restaurants, open air and streetside cafes, and several waterfront restaurants and bars. By night,

416-412: The latter part of the decade. The Bahamian community continued to grow in Coconut Grove through the 1970s. A surge of commercial development in Coconut Grove was driven by the construction of three major residential complexes during the late 1970s and early 1980s: Yacht Harbour Condominiums in 1975; Grove Isle , a condominium, club, and hotel complex, in 1979; and L'Hermitage in 1980. This was followed by

442-519: The majority of the retail and restaurant business in the Grove, is also home to three gyms, a multiplex movie house in CocoWalk, several parking garages, a state historic site, an elementary school, a City of Miami fire station, several large condos and residential rental towers, the Coconut Grove Post Office, and two sizable parks. Development and redevelopment continue to redefine and transform

468-449: The median age for females were 40.3 years old. The average household size had 2.1 people, while the average family size had 2.8 members. The percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 33.6%, while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 11.1%, and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 7.6%. The percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over

494-684: The mid-2000s after developers created the large scale Midtown Miami development in an area traditionally known as Edgewater . King Mango Strut The King Mango Strut was started in 1982 by Glenn Terry and Bill Dobson as a parody of the annual King Orange Jamboree Parade for the Orange Bowl . After Terry and Dobson's group, the Mango Marching Band, was denied entry into the King Orange Jamboree Parade due to their use of kazoos, conch shells, and garbage can drums as instruments,

520-666: The name when, in 1873, he rented a home from Edmond D. Beasley's widow, who homesteaded 160 acres of bay-front property. He lived there for only a year, but during that time, he established a post office which he named “Coconut Grove.” The first hotel on the South Florida mainland was located in Coconut Grove. Called the Bay View Inn (later known as the Peacock Inn), it was built in 1882 on the site of present-day Peacock Park by English immigrants Isabella and Charles Peacock, who had been

546-517: The opening of 2575 S. Bayshore Drive in 1982 and the 1983 opening of Grove Towers. Further development was proposed for Grove Isle in 2013. Coconut Grove has a number of outdoor festivals and events, the most prominent of which is the annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival. Others include the King Mango Strut , which began as a parody of the Orange Bowl Parade, and which continues each year on

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572-502: The owners of a wholesale meat business in London. Coconut Grove's first black settlement, in the 1880s, was established by Bahamian laborers who worked at the Peacock Inn. The Barnacle Historic State Park is the oldest house in Miami-Dade County still standing in its original location. It was built in 1891, and was home to Ralph Middleton Munroe , also known as "The Commodore" for being

598-448: The pair held their own parade, with an initially by simply marking the ends of a street with signs. In 2009 Glenn Terry and group treasurer Antoinette Baldwin got into a public dispute over the creative direction of the Strut, which culminated in the city choosing Baldwin to run the event, and Terry refusing to march in the parade in protest. The parade is now run by King Mango Productions,

624-478: Was 18.3%, while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 14.3%. The percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all made up 8.1% of the population. The percentage of residents born in Florida was 31.6%, the percentage of people born in another U.S. state was 34.7%, and the percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S. was 2.3%, while the percentage of foreign born residents

650-418: Was 31.4%. As of 2000, Northeast Grove had a population of 9,812 residents, with 5,113 households, and 2,221 families residing in the neighborhood. The median household income was $ 63,617.82. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 35.24% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 2.25% Black or African American , 60.96% White (non-Hispanic) , and 1.55% other races (non-Hispanic) . As of 2000, Southwest Grove had

676-574: Was once a much larger neighborhood in the 1920s than it is today. Buena Vista once consumed all of the Miami Design District as well as a large part of Little Haiti , Wynwood and Edgewater . Other neighborhoods, such as the Arts & Entertainment District , were previously branded as "Omni", after the Omni Mall that was located there in the 1980s and 1990s. Midtown emerged as a new neighborhood in

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