Richard Nixon

1972 Perfect Season

The Decades: 1970 – 1979

South Florida was the center of politics in the early 1970s. Both party’s political conventions were held on Miami Beach. Richard Nixon accepted the Republican nomination and Senator George McGovern…


Port of Miami in 1964

The Decades: 1960 – 1969

Growth during the decade of the 1960s was an extension of the growth experienced in the prior decade. With the building and opening of expressways, the suburbs experienced rapid growth….