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By the end of the 1960s, a rapidly expanding Dadeland was enclosed and converted to a mall. By the 1970s, Kendall had become Miami-Dade’s fastest growing community, with this trend accelerating ...
Gold Triangle (discount store chain for electronics, appliances, home building supply, sporting goods, photography, housewares) Founded in 1970 - closed in 1981, 6 Florida locations - 3 Miami, Plantation, Tampa and Orlando. Goldwater's; Goldsmith's Merged into Rich's in mid-1980s. (Macy's in 2005) Hecht's (Macy's in 2006)
In 1996, the parent company decided to close all remaining stores, but Thom McAn footwear is available in Kmart stores. [69] Today's Man – a men's suiting store that began in the 1970s and expanded rapidly in the 1980s and 90s. Overexpansion brought the brand to bankruptcy in 1996.
DeBartolo and Arlen Realty and Development Corporation opened Paddock Mall in 1980. Original anchors included Maas Brothers, Belk-Lindsey, and JCPenney. [3] [4] A 1991 expansion added Sears as a fourth anchor; the same year, the Maas Brothers store was absorbed into Burdines. [5] In 1997, a food court was added on the south end. [6]
The seeds of change were planted in Miami Beach in the late 1970s and into the ‘80s. The first two renovated Art Deco hotels, the Cardozo and the Carlyle, reopened in 1978.
In response, Carter then called for a blockade on the flotilla by the US Coast Guard. At least 1,400 boats would be seized, but many slipped by, and over 100,000 more Cuban and Haitian refugees continued to pour into Florida over the next five months. The Mariel Boatlift would end by agreement between the United States and Cuba in October 1980 ...
With Haiti in turmoil, remember the lessons of a 1980s migrant surge in South Florida | Opinion
Pages in category "1980s in Florida" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Country Walk case; F.