Editing Dinner Key

{{short description|Marina, former sea plane base, in Miami}}
[[File:Dinner Key seaplane base Miami, Florida (4202781209).jpg|thumb|Dinner Key seaplane base, with passenger seaplanes]]
'''Dinner Key''' is a [[marina]] complex in the [[Coconut Grove]] neighborhood of [[Miami]], [[Florida]], along the shore of [[Biscayne Bay]] on South Bayshore Drive. It was originally an island, but was connected to the mainland in 1914 by filling in the intervening space. An early source attributes the name to the island being a convenient place to stop to eat while traveling by boat between the mouth of the [[Miami River (Florida)|Miami River]] and [[Snapper Creek]] south of Miami.<ref>Munroe, Ralph M. and Vincent Gilpin. (1930) ''The Commodore's Story.'' New York: Ives Washburn. p. 119</ref> Dinner Key is accessible by [[public transport|public transit]] via the Coconut Grove Circulator from the [[Metrorail (Miami)|Miami Metrorail]] at [[Coconut Grove (Metrorail station)|Coconut Grove]] and [[Douglas Road (Metrorail station)|Douglas Road]] stations. Formerly, it has been the location of [[Coast Guard Air Station Dinner Key]] and [[International Pan American Airport]] (whose terminal building is now [[Miami City Hall]]).

==Dinner Key Auditorium==
{{Main article|Coconut Grove Convention Center}}
One of Pan Am's hangars was used for many years as an exhibition hall and auditorium, the Dinner Key Auditorium, which was renamed the Coconut Grove Convention Center. From 2007 to 2013, the center was used as a permanent set for the USA television series ''Burn Notice''. The building was demolished in early 2014 to make way for a new plan from the City of Miami.  

===Jim Morrison arrest===
This was the site of the March 1, 1969 incident in which [[Jim Morrison]] of [[The Doors]] was arrested for <!--unproven before the courts-->allegedly<!--libelous--> exposing himself to the audience.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jim-morrisons-indecency-arrest-rolling-stones-original-coverage-250814/ |title=Jim Morrison's Indecency Arrest: Rolling Stone's Original Coverage |last=Burks |first=John |date=December 10, 2010 |trans-title=April 5, 1969 Issue of Rolling Stone |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Penske Business Media}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2005/09/25/mary-and-jim-to-the-end/ |title=Mary and Jim to the End |last=Farley |first=Robert |date=October 24, 2005 |publisher=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=June 18, 2006}}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
* ''Florida'', DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, 2004, pg. 83

==External links==
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.fl0301 Pan American Airways System Terminal Building, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL] at the [[Historic American Buildings Survey]] (HABS)

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[[Category:History of Miami]]
[[Category:Islands of Miami]]
[[Category:Pan Am]]
[[Category:Coconut Grove (Miami)]]
[[Category:Marinas in Florida]]