Ad for The Terrace Café at the Omni Hotel - 1984

From the Miami News, Oct. 27, 1984

Miami police chief gets tough on speeders in 1912

Miami's police chief proposed a 12 mile an hour speed limit on city streets.

"No more speeding on the highways in the city of Miami," said the chief.

According to a story in the Aug. 10, 1912 issue of the Miami Daily Metropolis,  the police chief told his officers to arrest any violator "whether white or black, rich or poor.

"Further," the paper reported, "it will make no difference whether the person afflicted with the speed mania rides a second hand bicycle or whether he propels a 40-horsepower $5,000 touring car..."

Miami Daily Metropolis, Aug. 10, 1912.

Halcyon Hotel - 1912

Halcyon Hotel at 12th Street and Avenue B
(Now East Flagler and 2nd Avenue.)
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Detail from above photo looking west on 12th
Street. (Now Flagler Street.)
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Detail of center right of main photo.
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