Miami honors former mayor Maurice Ferre by naming waterfront park after him

The mayor stood up from his seat in City Hall to tell the audience gathered to honor him that he wanted to avoid this moment. Maurice Ferré, the six-term mayor of Miami who has been referred to as the “father of modern Miami,” was honored by Miami’s City Commission Thursday when it unanimously voted to rename Museum Park to “Maurice A. Ferré Park.”

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