Little Havana is a neighborhood and former census-designated place within the City of Miami, Florida, United States.
It has many Cuban immigrant residents.
Little Havana is named after Havana, the capital and largest city in Cuba. The rough boundaries are the Miami River (north), SW 11th Street (south), SW 22nd Avenue (west) and I-95 (east).
Little Havana is noted as a center of social, cultural, and political activity in Miami.
Its festivals, including Carnival Miami, Cultural Fridays, the Three Kings Parade and others, are televised to millions of people every year on different continents.
It is also known for its landmarks, including Calle Ocho (S.W. 8th Street), and its Walkway of the Stars (for famous artists and Latin personalities, including Celia Cruz, Willy Chirino, and Gloria Estefan), the Cuban Memorial Boulevard, Plaza de la Cubanidad, Domino Park, the Tower Theater, Jose Marti Park, the Firestone/Walgreens Building, St. John Bosco Catholic Church, Municipio de Santiago de Cuba and others.
Little Havana is undoubtedly the best known neighborhood for Cuban exiles in the world.
The name "Little Havana" emerged in the 1960s as the concentration of Cubans in the area grew sharply.
Little Havana is the name affixed to a sprawling neighborhood lying immediately west of downtown Miami.
It stretches west from the Miami River for several miles.
This sobriquet was applied to the Shenandoah and Riverside neighborhoods in the 1960s, following the beginnings of a vast influx of Cuban refugees there.
Little Havana is famous as the cultural and political capital of Cuban Americans, and the neighborhood is a center of the Cuban exile community.
Little Havana is characterized by a robust street life, excellent restaurants, cultural activities, mom and pop enterprises, political passion, and great warmth amongst its residents.
The Little Havana Merchants Association is an organization of local businesses that promotes responsible growth in the neighborhood.
The group provides an online guide to local dining, shops, galleries, nightlife, and cultural events.
Posted by The Media on 3/15/10 6:19 PM
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