Editing Allapattah

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'''Allapattah''' is a [[List of neighborhoods in Miami|neighborhood]], located mostly in the city of [[Miami]], [[Florida]] in [[Miami metropolitan area|metropolitan Miami]]. {{As of|2011|May}}, the [[Miami-Dade County|county]]-owned portion of Allapattah, from [[Florida State Road 9|State Road 9]] to [[LeJeune Road]], is being annexed by the [[city proper]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/110512/story4.shtml|title=As Miami Jaialai Plans Casino Expansion City Targets Annexation|date=May 12, 2011|accessdate=Dec 18, 2020}}</ref>{{update inline|date=February 2022}}

A stretch in the neighborhood along NW 17th Avenue was nicknamed '''Little Santo Domingo''' in 2003, in an effort spurred by former Miami mayor and longtime city commissioner [[Willy Gort|Wilfredo "Willy" Gort]] to honor the sizable [[Dominican Americans|Dominican American]] population in the community.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=18 June 2013 |title=Miami to have its own 'Little Santo Domingo' before year end, EFE |url=http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/tourism/2013/6/18/48000/Miami-to-have-its-own-Little-Santo-Domingo-before-year-end-EFE |newspaper=[[Dominican Today]] |location=Miami |access-date=5 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624074059/http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/tourism/2013/6/18/48000/Miami-to-have-its-own-Little-Santo-Domingo-before-year-end-EFE |archive-date=2013-06-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
The name is derived from the [[Seminole|Seminole Indian]] language word meaning ''[[alligator]]''. The initial settlement of the Allapattah community began in 1856 when William P. Wagner, the earliest documented [[white American]] permanent settler, arrived from [[Charleston, South Carolina]] and established a [[homestead (buildings)|homestead]] on a [[Hammock (ecology)|hammock]] along the [[Miami Rock Ridge]], where [[Miami Jackson High School]] presently stands. Development ensued from 1896 and into the 20th century in the area with the completion of the [[Florida East Coast Railway|Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC)]].<ref>Muir, Helen. 1953. ''Miami, U.S.A.'' Miami, Florida: Hurricane House Publishers, Inc. [[Library of Congress Classification|LCC]] 53-8981.</ref>

While most of Allapattah was populated by whites until the late 1950s, an African American neighborhood named Railroad Shops Colored Addition existed between NW 46th Street to the south and NW 50th Street to the north, from NW 12th Avenue on the east to NW 14th Avenue on the west. The neighborhood had been established at the end of the 19th century when the Florida East Coast Railroad built servicing facilities nearby. In the late 1940s the entire neighborhood was condemned under eminent domain, and the residents forced to leave. The area was used as a site for a new white school (originally named Allapattah Elementary, since renamed Lenora B. Smith Elementary in honor of an educator who once lived in the Railroad Shops neighborhood) and a park.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bachin|first=R.|date=2020|title=Race, Housing and Displacement in Miami - Segregation and Color Lines - Railroad Shop|url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0d17f3d6e31e419c8fdfbbd557f0edae|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210133629/https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0d17f3d6e31e419c8fdfbbd557f0edae|archive-date=December 10, 2021|access-date=December 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 6, 2020|title=Miami and County School Board Destroyed A Black Community To Build A Whites Only School|url=https://www.wlrn.org/news/2020-05-06/miami-and-county-school-board-destroyed-a-black-community-to-build-a-whites-only-school|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201163659/https://www.wlrn.org/news/2020-05-06/miami-and-county-school-board-destroyed-a-black-community-to-build-a-whites-only-school|archive-date=December 1, 2021|access-date=December 27, 2021|website=WLRN Miami}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Gibson|first=Vennda-Rei|date=January 25, 2017|title=Lenora B. Smith Elementary gets portraits of namesake|work=The Miami Times|url=https://www.miamitimesonline.com/faith_family/family_news/lenora-b-smith-elementary-gets-portraits-of-namesake/article_12c28136-e32a-11e6-91c0-c39fe578da01.html|access-date=December 27, 2021}}</ref>

There was a large influx of [[African Americans|black American]]s displaced by the construction of [[Interstate 95 in Florida|I-95]] (then, the North-South Expressway) into Allapattah in the 1950s and 1960s, leading to [[white flight]] to [[suburban]] Miami-Dade County and [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]]. [[Cuban migration to Miami|Cubans migrated]] to Miami neighborhoods like Allapattah in large numbers following the [[Cuban Revolution|Cuban Revolution of 1959]], hosting one of Miami's largest [[Cuban American]] populations. The 1980s brought influxes of Dominican Americans, [[Nicaragua]]ns, [[Honduras|Hondurans]], and [[Haiti]]ans in the aftermath of various [[refugee]] crises in those nations.  Now, a [[melting pot]] of residents from all across the [[Caribbean]], [[Central America]], [[Latin America]] more broadly, and African Americans who historically lived throughout the South, reside in the area.

==Geography==
Allapattah is northwest of [[central business district|downtown]], and about five miles (8&nbsp;km) east of [[Miami International Airport]]. It is located at {{coord|25.815|-80.224}}, with an elevation of {{convert|10|ft|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://florida.hometownlocator.com/fl/miami-dade/allapattah.cfm|title=Allapattah Populated Place Profile / Miami-Dade County, Florida Data|website=florida.hometownlocator.com|accessdate=Dec 18, 2020}}</ref>

Many of the businesses and educational institutions in the neighborhood are generally located on [[U.S. Highway 27 in Florida|Northwest 36th Street (US 27)]]. The boundaries are roughly the [[Florida State Road 112|Airport Expressway (SR 112)]] to the north, the [[Miami River (Florida)|Miami River]] and the [[Florida State Road 836|Dolphin Expressway (SR 836)]] to the south, [[Interstate 95 in Florida|I-95]] to the east, and [[Florida State Road 9|Northwest 27th Avenue (SR 9)]] to the west.

==Economy==
A thriving [[textiles]] market is located along Northwest 20th Street between Northwest 17th and 27th Avenues, with several garment manufacturing and wholesale outlets from [[Latin America]] and the [[Caribbean]] makers along the row. The Produce Market, the largest open-air [[food distribution]] center in Miami, serves local [[supermarket]]s and ''[[convenience store|bodega]]s'' with the freshest variety of South Florida produce, [[tropical fruit]]s and many other products.

The industrial district of the city of Miami is located in an area straddling the [[Health District (Miami)|Health District]] and Allapattah, along a former FEC corridor{{clarify|date=April 2015}} just north of Northwest 20th Street. Trades ranging from clothing manufacturers, auto repair, carpentry and upholstery shops. Additionally, several shipyards and dry docks located along the neighborhood's banks of the Miami River.

==Education==
[[Miami-Dade County Public Schools]] operates all area public schools:

===Public schools===

====Elementary schools====
*Comstock Elementary School
*Maya Angelou Elementary School
*Santa Clara Elementary School
*Melrose Elementary School
*River Cities Community Charter School

====Middle and high schools====
*Mater Academy Middle School of International Studies (charter)
*[[Brownsville Middle School]]
*[[Georgia Jones Ayers Middle School]]
*[[Miami Springs Middle School]]
*[[Miami Jackson Senior High School]]
*[[Miami Springs Senior High School]]
*[[Miami Northwestern Senior High School]]

===Libraries===
[[Miami-Dade Public Library]] operates all area public libraries:
*Allapattah Library
*Medical Center Library

==Demographics==
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{{as of|2000}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamigov.com/Planning/pages/services/Census.asp |title=Demographics of Allapattah Miami, FL. |publisher=miamigov.com |accessdate=2008-06-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517201540/http://www.miamigov.com/Planning/pages/services/Census.asp |archivedate=17 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Allapattah had a population between 40,406 and 43,860<ref name=Allapattah>{{cite web |url=http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Allapattah-Miami-FL.html |title=Demographics of Allapattah, Florida. |publisher=[[city-data]]|accessdate=2009-08-23}}</ref> residents, with 12,508 households, and 8,224 families residing in the neighborhood. The median household income was $19,141.53. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 72.23% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race, 18.33% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]], 6.89% [[White (U.S. Census)|White (non-Hispanic)]], and 2.55% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Other races (non-Hispanic)]].

The zip codes for Allapattah include 33136, 33125, 33127, and 33142. The area covers {{convert|4.653|sqmi|km2}}. {{as of|2000}}, there were 23,967 males and 19,894 females. The median age for males was 33.9 years old, while the median age for females was 36.0 years old. The average household size had 2.8 people, while the average family size had 3.4 members. The percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 36.4%, while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 16.6%, and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 14.5%. 8.0% of the population were in correctional institutions, 1.0% of the population were in nursing homes, and 1.2% of the population were in other group homes. The percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over was 24.5%, while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 12.4%.<ref name="Allapattah"/>

{{as of|2000}}, the percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all made up 33.0% of the population. The percentage of residents born in Florida was 30.5%, the percentage of people born in another U.S. state was 9.2%, and the percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S. was 4.3%, while the percentage of foreign born residents was 56.1%.<ref name="Allapattah"/>

==Transportation==
Allapattah is served by [[Miami Metrobus|Metrobus]] throughout the area, and by the [[Metrorail (Miami)|Miami Metrorail]] at:

*{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Green|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Orange|inline=box}} [[Santa Clara (Metrorail station)|Santa Clara]] (NW 20th Street and NW 12th Avenue)
*{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Green|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Orange|inline=box}} [[Allapattah (Metrorail station)|Allapattah]] ([[U.S. Route 27 in Florida|US 27]] and NW 12th Avenue)
*{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Green|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Orange|inline=box}} [[Civic Center station (Metrorail)|Civic Center]] (NW 15th Street and NW 12th Avenue)
*{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Green|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Orange|inline=box}} [[Earlington Heights (Metrorail station)|Earlington Heights]] ([[Florida State Road 112|SR 112]] and NW 22nd Avenue)

==Places of interest==
*[[Miami Jackson Senior High School]] (founded 1898)
*[[Miami-Dade Public Library|Allapattah Library]]
*[[Juan Pablo Duarte Park]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=All Eyes on Allapattah |url=https://dadeheritagetrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Preservation-Today-Magazine-2021.pdf |access-date=September 18, 2023 |website=Dade Heritage Trust}}

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