| Key Biscayne does not form a part of mainland | | | | was left for realtors to develop. And it was in 1951 that |
| America. It is an island off the coast of Florida. Its only | | | | real estate development started in this area in its truest |
| connection with mainland is via Rickenbacker | | | | sense. It was in this year that Mackle Construction |
| Causeway which was built way back in 1947. | | | | Company started building and selling new homes in this |
| Composition of Key Biscayne itself is very interesting. It | | | | area for approximately ten thousand dollars. |
| does not form a part of Florida Keys. Instead it is | | | | After its incorporation, Key Biscayne has become a |
| formed of soil which has got eroded from Appalachian | | | | part of Miami Dade County in state of Florida. Village |
| Mountains. It has thus formed a barrier island nearby. | | | | of Key Biscayne covers an area of only about one |
| But when one refers to Key Biscayne, one is usually | | | | and a half square miles. But despite its small size, |
| not referring to whole of the island but to village of | | | | development has always gone ahead over here at full |
| Key Biscayne. | | | | steam and pace. This place was made famous by |
| Before completion of Rickenbacker Causeway, there | | | | President Richard Nixon, who invested in a waterfront |
| was little or no scope for communication between | | | | home in this area. Due to this place being used as a |
| Key Biscayne and rest of American mainland. As a | | | | residence by a President, infrastructural facilities |
| result of this, not too many people were interested in | | | | developed at a more rapid rate than they would |
| this place at that time. But after completion of before | | | | otherwise have done. Transportation facilities in this |
| mentioned causeway, this place became well | | | | relatively nascent region are quite good and so are |
| connected and was hence of interest to all and | | | | some other facilities which most importantly include |
| sundry. It was at this point of time that mammoth | | | | facilities for education. |
| developments took place in this area and large | | | | Attracted by benefits offered by Key Biscayne many |
| residential apartments came up within a very short | | | | people have migrated here. Census taken in 2000 |
| period of time, to accommodate people who were | | | | showed that more than ten thousand people live here |
| coming here in huge numbers. When this island | | | | divided into more than four thousand households. Each |
| became popular, nearly sixty seven percent of this | | | | household has an average size of about two and a |
| land was under coconut plantation, which by dint of its | | | | half while median income of these households is in |
| size was larger than any other plantation in United | | | | excess of eighty five thousand dollars. Key Biscayne |
| States of that time. Land was donated to government | | | | is home to Miami's Seaquarium and Crandon Park |
| by Matheson in exchange of promise that a | | | | Beach is some of South Florida's finest public beaches. |
| causeway would be built here. This land was utilized to | | | | The Sony Ericsson Open Championship Tennis Tour is |
| set up a public park by Dade County, the county to | | | | played each year in Key Biscayne featuring the |
| which this land had been donated. This public park later | | | | world's best tennis players. Stephanoe's was a very |
| came to be known as Crandon Park. Remaining land | | | | special place. |