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Maurice
A.
Ferré
Park
is
a
30
acre
park
in
downtown
Miami,
Florida.
The
park
is
bordered
on
the
south
by
the
FEC
Slip
and
American
Airlines
Arena,
on
the
west
by
Biscayne
Boulevard,
and
on
the
north
by
the
Pérez
Art
Museum
Miami
and
the
Phillip
and
Patricia
Frost
Museum
of
Science.
From
1900
until
the
1960's
the
land
the
park
sits
on
was
the
Port
of
Miami
until
it
was
moved
to
Dodge
Island.
Created
from
the
dock
slips
of
the
old
Seaboard
Air
Line
Railroad,
the
land
was
cleaned
up
and
turned
into
a
park.
When
the
park
opened
in
1976
it
was
originally
named
Bicentennial
Park
in
honor
of
America's
bicentennial.
From
1986
until
1993
the
park
was
the
site
of
the
Grand
Prix
of
Miami.
When
construction
began
on
the
Perez
Art
Museum
and
Frost
Museum
of
Science,
ten
million
dollars
was
given
to
the
park
to
update
it.
The
park
reopened
on
June
14,
2014
as
Museum
Park.
In
2019
the
Miami
City
Commission
voted
to
rename
the
park
in
honor
of
long
time
mayor
and
community
activist
Maurice
A.
Ferré.
Mr.
Ferré
was
the
city's
first
Hispanic
mayor
and
he
served
from
1973
to
1985.
He
also
served
in
the
Florida
House
of
Representatives
from
1967
to
1968
and
later
as
vice
chairman
of
the
Dade
County
Board
of
Commissioners.
The
park
does
not
have
free
parking.
The
lot
is
metered
and
costs
$5
an
hour.
Park
amenities
include
a
dog
park,
paved
exercise
path,
benches,
restroom,
public
art,
and
some
of
the
best
views
of
Biscayne
Bay
and
the
Miami
skyline
from
downtown.
I
did
a
run
around
the
park
during
a
recent
visit
to
the
Frost
Museum.
While
I
found
the
views
of
Miami
from
the
park
stunning,
it
was
filled
with
homeless
people
which
if
you
know
Miami
is
not
surprising
but
they
kept
to
themselves
and
weren't
harassing
anyone.
It
is
very
easy
to
visit
the
park,
especially
if
you
are
already
at
the
Perez
or
Frost
which
both
open
onto
the
park.
If
you
are
in
the
area
it
is
definitely
worth
a
walk
on
the
historic
old
Port
of
Miami.
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