Background
Parks, Arva Moore was born on January 19, 1939 in Miami, Florida, United States. Daughter of Jack and Anne (Parker) Moore.
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Rarely can we pick up a book that visually transports us back more than 100 years to a virgin frontier now long covered over with concrete and skyscrapers.
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( Contains a host of local landmarks as they once looked ...)
Contains a host of local landmarks as they once looked alongside the same viewpoint photographed today Miami, "the Magic City," really began in 1891 when a widow from Cleveland, Julia Tuttle, moved to South Florida and convinced Standard Oil cofounder Henry Flagler to help her develop the area. Flagler built a railroad to Miami and the tourists began to arrive, entranced by the orange blossoms and fine weather. During World War II, the city grew as the military moved in to build major training centers that brought thousands of new people into the region. Sites include Cape Florida, Royal Palm Hotel, Halcyon Hotel, Point View, Burlingame Island, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Flagler Street, Scottish Rite Temple, Freedom Tower, Biscayne Boulevard, Riverside, Tamiami Trail, Miami River, Coconut Grove, Vizcaya, El Jardin, Pan Am terminal, Coral Gables, Biltmore Hotel, Douglas Entrance, Miracle Mile, Hialeah Race Course, Opa-Locka, Miami Beach, Collins Canal, Fisher Island, Espanola Way, Deauville Hotel, Normandy Isle, and Old City Hall.
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( A look at the history of Miami, with stunning modern an...)
A look at the history of Miami, with stunning modern and historic photography and captions describing the development of this famous town. Part of the highly successful "Then & Now" series, this book looks at the changes in this attractive city.
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(Miami: The American Crossroad is more than a story of the...)
Miami: The American Crossroad is more than a story of the passageway of time and people. In its pages are the words of the people who live the experiences, who share the glories and the misery, who built the city, who found it as a haven from tyranny, who love it all the time, who hate it some of the time, who saw in the future, who looked back to the past.
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Parks, Arva Moore was born on January 19, 1939 in Miami, Florida, United States. Daughter of Jack and Anne (Parker) Moore.
Student, Florida State University, 1958. Bachelor, University Florida, 1960. Master of Arts in History, University Miami, Coral Gables, 1971.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Barry University, 1996.
Teacher Rolling Crest Junior High School, West Hyattsville, Maryland, 1960-1963, Miami Edison Senior High School, Florida, 1963-1964. Graduate assistant University Miami, Coral Gables, 1964-1965. Teacher Everglades School for Girls, Miami, 1965-1966.
Consultant, 1966-1970. Free-lance research historian Miami, 1970-1986. Adjunct professor University Miami, Coral Gables, 1986-1987.
President Arva Parks & Company, Miami, since 1986. Consultant thematic and interpretive research and design Harry S. Truman Little White House, Key West, Florida, 1989-1991. President Centennial Press, since 1991, Coconut Grove, 2010.
( Contains a host of local landmarks as they once looked ...)
(Rarely can we pick up a book that visually transports us ...)
( A look at the history of Miami, with stunning modern an...)
(Miami: The American Crossroad is more than a story of the...)
(Miami, The Magic City, The New Historical Edition)
(Book by Parks, Arva Moore)
(Book by Parks, Arva Moore)
(First Edition)
Board advisory, National Trust History Preservation, 1984-1993, chairman southern region, 1990-1991, Federal Advisory Council History Preservation, 1995-2003. Trustee Miami-Dade College, 1984-1990, University Miami, since 1994. Board directors Louis Wolfson Media History Center, Miami, 1985-1990, Orange Bowl Committee, since 1989, Baptist Health Systems of Miami, Inc., 1992—2008, Dade Foundation, 1997-2004, Drs.
Hospital Board, 2004-2008. Community advisory Dade Heritage Trust, Miami, 1988-1997, member Bi-Racial Tri-Ethnic Advisory Board, Miami, 1984-1999, New World School Arts (executive committee), Miami, 1986-1990, Bok Sanctuary Board, 2005—2010, City of Coral Gables Museum Board, since 2005. Chairman Vizcaya Trust, 1998-2004, president Florida International Womens Forum, 2003-2005.
Chair City of Miami Planning Advisory Board, 2005-2009. Member International Women's Forum (foundation board member, 2001-2005, president Florida chapter 2003-2005, board directors Florida chapter 2005-2009), Junior League.
Married Robert Lyle Parks, August 19, 1959 (divorced May 1986). Children: Jacqueline Carey, Robert Downing, Gregory Moore. Married Robert Howard McCabe, June 20, 1992.