From Swamps to Skyline: The Historic Growth of Miami, FL
Miami did not begin as a polished global city. It started as a place most people would have written off, a stretch of wetlands, mangroves, and heat that tested every person who tried to build there. The city’s rise is one of the more improbable urban stories in the United States, not because growth was impossible, but because almost every stage of it required someone to push against the land, the climate, or both. That tension between environment and ambition still shapes M