I know it is a few days early but I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving here on SkyscraperCity. I hope there is a lot more to be built in Miami-Dade even in these recessionary times and for years to come as this beautiful city and the people who live here , have a lot to be thankful for, so Happy Thanksgiving to:

Quantum
Spellbound
Chuck
Dave8721
Floridian Will
Roark
Don Pacho
900 Biscayne
Fidel
Toucano
305 Lover
Archphotographer
Brickell
Hialeah
Kevinkagy
James(the one with the plane)
The Director
Addicted to Space

Thanks bro

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!!!

What are you going to eat for Thankky?

For those that will be alone this Thanksgiving, Flanigan's runs a pretty good special and last year they were empty. Combine that with a day on the beach and it doesn't get much better.

Thanks Noland, and enjoy the holidays everyone.

Thanks!!! Have a great holiday everyone!!

I know it is a few days early but I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving here on SkyscraperCity. I hope there is a lot more to be built in Miami-Dade even in these recessionary times and for years to come as this beautiful city and the people who live here , have a lot to be thankful for, so Happy Thanksgiving to:

Quantum
Spellbound
Chuck
Dave8721
Floridian Will
Roark
Don Pacho
900 Biscayne
Fidel
Toucano
305 Lover
Archphotographer
Brickell
Hialeah

But it's not too early to wish everybody a Happy Thanksgiving. It's appropriate to start wishing people a Happy Thanksgiving after Veterans Day. We still have a lot to look forward to in these recessionary times, I believe, because things can only get better from here on out. :):cheers:

Thanks man. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Thanks man. Im off to cold and freezing New York tomorrow. :okay:
I'll go ahead and wish everybody a great Thanksgiving.

Ouch

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Since its the Holidays, I'll just post this article here, the random thread seems to have been deleted - :dunno:
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/782842.html

Christmas tree-lighting event on Friday at Miami's Bayfront Park

After a day of thanks, bring the whole family to Bayfront Park's Tree Lighting Ceremony on Friday.

It can start your season of joy.

The downtown Miami free event begins at 7:30 p.m. and will include live holiday music and the official lighting of the 50-foot-tall tree.

The artificial tree is decorated with a custom lighting package by Christmas Designers, which has more than a quarter-century of experience in South Florida.

The tree will remain lit every night and remain in the park through New Year's Eve.

During the tree-lighting ceremony, at Bayfront Park], 301 N. Biscayne Blvd., families will sing Christmas carols with the duo, Crazy Pianos, from the Netherlands.

They will sing holiday favorites and take requests.

The tree will be in the middle of the park on Flagler Promenade.

No bottles, cans, coolers or fireworks can be brought into the park.

The tree-lighting ceremony is presented by Bayfront Park Management Trust, a limited agency of the city of Miami, with support from the city of Miami, mayor Manny Diaz and the Miami City Commission.

It's also sponsored by Crazy Pianos, which is opening a piano bar and restaurant in Coconut Grove's CocoWalk in February -- its U.S. debut.

Crazy Pianos already has restaurants in the Netherlands and Spain with plans for expansion to London, Dubai, Disneyland Paris, San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York.

Thanks for starting the thread Noland, and thanks for all that contribute to it.
I'm thankful for many things and life is incredibly great in Miam!!!
The closer you live to the heart of Miami, and the more that you give to Miami, the more it gives back.
Thanks!

^^^^Happy Thanksgiving to all the forumers!! :banana::banana::cheers::)

Thank you's to all... I hope everyone enjoys the holidays!

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Happy thanksgiving and good luck at the airports to those leaving town.

Oh okay, I see how it is. I see how exclusive that list is, that's fine... (j/k)

Oh okay, I see how it is. I see how exclusive that list is, that's fine... (j/k)Sorry Kevin, I apologize something told me I would leave someone out and I did not mean to exclude you, for you add a lot to this forum, so have a Happy Thanksgiving.Your name is on the list now.

Sorry Kevin, I apologize something told me I would leave someone out and I did not mean to exclude you, for you add a lot to this forum, so have a Happy Thanksgiving.Your name is on the list now.

No worries lol. I was just kidding, I know you didn't mean any harm. SSC isn't that clique-y. Happy Thanksgiving! :)

Thanks!! And needless to say, a very happy Thanksgiving to one and all here.

I do that holiday here in Philly but will be back in South Florida (as always) for Christmas...I wonder if I'll ever see one of those in the snow?

Anyway, eat till you burst fellas...and thanks for always providing an entertaining and informative forum.

Who loves 'ya, baby?

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Happy Thanksgiving to all and beware of the Tryptophan!

No bottles, cans, coolers or fireworks can be brought into the park.

this is so you purchase drinks there, but seriously they cant kick you out of a public park and they cant take your drink!

Whatever our differences, a VERY Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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Happy Thanksgiving all!

happythanksgiving

little late, but Happy Thanksgiving. Hope you all ate well and had a good time with your families.

NOVEMBER 29, 2008
What Newcomers Know About Thanksgiving
Immigrant students learn what makes America great.
By MELANIE KIRKPATRICK Queens, N.Y.
Study after depressing study finds that public schools are failing in their civic duty to transmit to students an appreciation of American history and ideals. That may be so. But on this Thanksgiving weekend, allow me to recount a good news story from a New York City high school for recent immigrants. There, a group of teenagers, born in the four corners of the world, have a lot to teach a native-born visitor about Thanksgiving and what it means to choose to come to this country. For them, the Pilgrims' story mirrors their own stories.

Barbara KelleyNewcomers High School is located in the New York City borough of Queens, where, according to the 2000 Census, 46% of the population of 2.2 million are immigrants. It is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the country. Some 850 students attend Newcomers, says Principal Mary Burke. They hail from 60 countries and speak 40-plus languages. For most, this past Thursday marked their first or second Thanksgiving celebration.
Sophia Zannis teaches ESL -- English as a Second Language -- at Newcomers. She uses the Thanksgiving story to get her students talking and writing about why they came to the U.S. History teacher Tim Becker includes a unit on the holiday even though Thanksgiving isn't part of the state-mandated curriculum for his 11th-grade class. It "reminds my students that they are not the first new Americans to have struggled to achieve their dreams," he says, "and that others before them have overcome the challenges of living in a new country."
Like the Pilgrims, most of the students at Newcomers say their families came here seeking better lives. The Pilgrims "were looking for something they didn't have in England," says a girl from Colombia. "When you come here it is the same. You have to face difficulties." An Ecuadorian girl sitting near her agrees, "When they [the Pilgrims] came here, they felt alone and didn't have friends. Me either."
Virtually every student I talk to has a similar story: "My dad came here to have a better life," says a girl from Ivory Coast. "He worked as a house boy. Now he works for the MTA [Metropolitan Transit Authority]." Or a boy from China: "My mother finished elementary school. Then there wasn't any money for middle school. . . . She wanted to come here to make a better life for her children." A Bangladeshi boy quotes the Declaration of Independence; his family came here for the purpose of "pursuiting the happiness."
In Ms. Zannis's class, we fall into a discussion of the virtues the Pilgrims exemplify and the personal characteristics they needed in order to survive the terrible winter of 1620-21, when half their number died. The words fly across the classroom: "Courage." "Hard-working." "Brave." "Frustrated." "Strong." "Don't give up."
That, in turn, segues into a discussion of poverty in America and how it's different from poverty in their home countries. The poor in this country seem "middle class," says a boy from Mexico. Another Mexican, this time in Mr. Becker's class, makes a similar observation. "In my country," he says, the poor are "skinny. . . . Here it is different. They are fat. Food is very cheap here. . . . They can get a dollar meal." The girl from Ivory Coast says it pains her to see Americans sleeping on the streets. The poor don't sleep outdoors in her country, she says. "They sleep with family or friends. We see more poor people" in this country.
Newcomers High School also has students who, like the Pilgrims, came to the U.S. seeking freedom of worship. A boy who says he's from Tibet notes that his family "couldn't practice the religion of the Dalai Lama" in China. An Indonesian girl, who is Christian, tells of being persecuted by Muslims in her neighborhood and fearing for her safety. An Egyptian, also a Christian, says she feared being kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam. "We wanted to close all the bad pages of memory . . . and start a new page."
The kids all seem familiar with Thanksgiving's food traditions and more than half of those I speak to say they plan to celebrate at home with the festive bird. There are nontraditional foods on the menu too. A Polish girl mentions pierogies. A Chinese boy says his family will eat rice. When I ask whether it really matters what you eat on Thanksgiving, I get a bunch of "you gotta be kidding" looks. "Yes! It's tradition!" shouts out one student." "Remember the history of the country," admonishes another.
The kids at Newcomers High School have an edge on their native-born peers: They know why they're here -- a knowledge that translates into an intense appreciation for their new country. I don't know how Newcomers' students would score if required to name the "Father of the Constitution" or to identify the opening words of the Declaration of Independence, as one test of general historical knowledge recently asked students elsewhere. Nor do I know whether the respect for different cultural traditions that the high school obviously fosters is accompanied by a curriculum that stresses American history, culture and heroes -- the store of knowledge that binds us together as a nation.
But the young newcomers I interviewed in Queens had an essential, and very personal, understanding of the earliest story at the heart of the American experience. They understood the hurdles the English settlers had to overcome before they celebrated the First Thanksgiving and why it was worth it. "My story and their story was very much alike," says a boy from Bangladesh. "Both groups suffered in their mother country . . . and arrived in the United States with a new hope in [their] heart, a new dream in [their] eyes."

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

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Happy Thanksgiving all!
:)

A day late but hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving and made voracious, disturbing eating machines out of themselves.

Happy Turkeyday everyone!

75 million turkeys gave their lives so that we could feast.

A day late but hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving and made voracious, disturbing eating machines out of themselves.

Eating machine doesn't justify how much I ate. I had seconds and thirds at each dinner. And the plates were as full as can be. I'm also in a loading up phase or the gym so the timing was perfect. Happy Thanksgiving you all.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING YOU GUYS! Hopefully, we will have lots of new projects to be thankful for next year!

Happy Thanksgiving to all the cool, interesting, and funny people here who make it a pleasure to be part of this forum!


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Happy Thanksgiving to all the cool, interesting, and funny people here who make it a pleasure to be part of this forum!


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what he said

Happy Thanksgiving! Gobble Gobble.

Happy Thanksgiving all!

:cheer:

Hope you all had a good holiday weekend. Went out of town, otherwise I would of posted sooner.

Hope you all had a good holiday weekend. Went out of town, otherwise I would of posted sooner.

Well, hopefully we can find it in our hearts to forgive you. :cheers:

Well, hopefully we can find it in our hearts to forgive you. :cheers:

LOL. :lol:

I love this place.

Well, hopefully we can find it in our hearts to forgive you. :cheers:

I am not so sure I am ready to forgive him, spell....I need a few days to think it over...:ohno: