{"id":238,"date":"2026-05-09T09:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:31:36","slug":"miamis-forgotten-history-pink-islands-film-capital-city-sports-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Miami\u2019s forgotten history: Pink islands, film capital, city sports. What to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Miami\u2019s past holds surprising stories of ambition and reinvention, from a Bulgarian artist wrapping islands in pink fabric to a failed bid to become the film capital of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=236\">Miami-Dade\u2019s sargassum problem isn\u2019t going away \u2014 and neither are the costs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a roundup of stories looking back at the people, places and projects that shaped South Florida:<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>Miami Studios<\/b> opened in Hialeah in 1922 as an attempt to dethrone Hollywood, attracting director Rex Ingram and producing 35 Florida-made movies in 1922 and 1923 before <u>the studio collapsed under weather delays and inexperienced technicians<\/u>. The facility was demolished in 1960 to make way for a city water plant extension.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>Spirit Airlines<\/b> became known for its bright yellow planes after a bold 2014 rebrand that replaced its original blue and white color scheme from when the company moved to Broward in 1999, according to <u>a look back at the airline\u2019s livery history<\/u>. Spirit shut down on May 2.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>Bulgarian artist Christo<\/b> wrapped 11 islands in Biscayne Bay with 6.5 million square feet of hot-pink polypropylene fabric in May 1983, a project that <u>took 30 months, $3.1 million and 400 workers to complete<\/u>. Environmental officials documented no adverse effects on plant or animal life during the two-week display.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=234\">Woman struck and killed by boat while diving off Florida Keys, FWC says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>The Fulford Speedway<\/b> in what is now North Miami Beach hosted South Florida\u2019s first major auto race on Feb. 22, 1926, drawing more than 20,000 fans who watched <u>Peter De Paolo win in a Dusenberg and shatter speed records<\/u> for distances up to 300 miles. The track was badly damaged by a hurricane that September and later consumed by a brush fire.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>A nine-hole golf course<\/b> called the Royal Palm Country Club opened in 1898 on land now near Jackson Memorial Hospital, UMHealth and a Miami-Dade courthouse and jail, <u>later expanding to 18 holes and renamed the Miami Country Club<\/u>. The county bought the entire property in 1953 for about $1 million.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence and using our own originally reported, written and published content. It was reviewed and edited by our journalists.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=233\">Miami Jackson Senior High teacher faces charges over \u2018sex\u2019 with a minor: records<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore Miami\u2019s surprising past: Christo\u2019s pink islands in Biscayne Bay, Hialeah\u2019s Miami Studios, Fulford Speedway races and the evolution of city landmarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miami-dade-county"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Miami\u2019s forgotten history: Pink islands, film capital, city sports. 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