Sunny Isles Beach

Sunny Isles Beach is actually the northern suburb of Miami Beach , in the north it borders the town of Golden Beach , in the west - with the cities of , and . From the east, Sunny Isles Beach is washed by the Atlantic Ocean , and from the west by the coastal channel . The city itself is located on the side . The area of ​​the city is 3.7 km², of which 1 km² (28.4%) is in open water. The main street of the city, "penetrating" it through - Collins Avenue (part of the motorway ), also through the city pass the Florida State Road 826 and Florida State Road 856 . The nearest airport is Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood is 16 kilometers away. The entire east coast of the city is one long and narrow beach. The sister city of Sunny Isles Beach is Netanya ( Israel ) ^{[3] [4]} .

In 1920, a certain Harvey Baker Graves bought a 5.9 km² plot of land on the site of the future city. He decided to make this place a resort and called it Sunny Isles ( Rus. Sunny Isles ) - “ Venice of America”. In 1925, the Holover Bridge was opened, which directly connected this resort and Miami Beach - this attracted developers, planners and real estate builders who began to deepen the channels and create new ones, pour artificial islands and peninsulas on which to build houses. Around the same time, entrepreneur built here the world's fastest quarter-mile board track (wood-covered oval track) with seats for 12,000 spectators ^[5] . A few months after the opening, taking a single competition, the track was destroyed by the Miami hurricane ^[6] .

Until 1931, this settlement bore the official name of Fulford , then changed its name to North Miami Beach ^[7] . In 1936, the settlement was bought by industrialist and philanthropist . He built a berth almost a kilometer in length, which quickly became the hallmark of the town, and in 1982 was recognized as a historic landmark ^[8] . In the 1950s, the first residential single-family residential house was built in the Sunny Isles. By the end of the 1960s, more than 30 motels of various designs were built along Collins Avenue, including Ocean Palm ^[9] , the first two-story motel in the United States. Many buildings of the “motel row” were demolished in the 2000s due to the active construction of new modern buildings.

In 1997, residents of Sunny Isles voted for incorporation as a municipality , as a result of which Sunny Isles received city status and a new name Sunny Isles Beach ^[10] .

In the early 2000s, the city began a boom in the construction of high-rise buildings along the Atlantic coast ^[11] . In 2008, the 53-storey condominium was built with a height of 175 meters ^[12] . By now (2014), this is the tallest building in the city and the 17th in height in all of Florida .

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  The long and narrow beach stretches along the entire Atlantic coast of the city. Cone and ribbon marked laying of sea turtle eggs.

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  Ocean Palm - the first two-story motel in the United States (demolished in 2013).

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  Sunny Isles Beach at night

According to the 2000 census, there were 15,315 people living in the city (8,169 households, 3,994 families). Racial composition: White - 91.85%, Blacks and African Americans - 2.03%, Native Americans - 0.16%, Asians - 1.36%, natives of the Pacific Islands and Hawaii - 0.01%, other races - 2, 34%, mixed races - 2.25%, Latin Americans (of any race) - 36.61%. The average age of a resident was 50 years old: 11.3% of the population were minors and 32.2% were retired. There were 86.3 men per 100 women, and 83.6 men of comparable age accounted for 100 adult women. The average household income was $ 31,627 per year, families - $ 40,309, men - $ 36,893, women - $ 28,207, and per capita income was $ 27,576 per year. 11.2% of families and 14.7% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 18.9% of minors in the city and 12.2% of pensioners in this category. 40.07% of city dwellers considered their mother tongue Spanish , 36.86% considered English , and 7.36% considered Russian ^[13] . Residents of the city reported the origin of their ancestors the following: Russians - 18.2%, Americans - 13.6%, Italians - 12.5%, Poles - 5.5%, British - 4.5%, Germans - 2.3% .

According to the 2010 census, 20,832 people lived in the city (18,984 households). Racial composition: white - 90.64%, blacks and African Americans - 3.18%, Native Americans - 0.16%, Asians - 1.4%, natives of the Pacific Islands and Hawaii - 0.01%, other races - 2, 41%, mixed races - 2.19%, Hispanic (of any race) - 44.39%. The average age of a resident was 44 years old: 16.6% of the population were minors and 28.1% were retired. The average family size was 2.68 people. 47.6% of the population were male, 52.4% female. The average family income was 43,500 dollars a year, 15.1% of the townspeople lived below the poverty line.

In Sunny Isles Beach, 9.75% of residents are Cubans , which makes this city 46th in the list of “US populated areas with a significant number of Cubans” ^[14] , 6.07% of residents are Colombian - the 15th in the list United States with a significant number of Colombians " ^[15] , 1.96% of residents are Venezuelans - the 7th in the list of" US settlements with a significant number of Venezuelans " ^[16] , 1.77% of residents are Peruvians - 32nd in the list of “US populated areas with a significant number of Peruvians” ^[17] , 1.7% of residents are Israelis - the 20th in the list of "US populated areas with a significant number of Israelis" ^[18] .

• The official site of the city (eng.)
• Second official site of the city (eng.)
• Sunny Isles Beach (Eng.) On epodunk.com
• Sunny Isles Beach (English) on city-data.com