Hialeah is moving forward with plans to refurbish a more than 60-year-old pedestrian bridge that connects to Miami Springs. The proposed design shows painted pink flamingos, a nod to the large colony ...

From the South Florida perspective, we see flamingos as an instantly identifiable symbol of Miami, the TV show Miami Vice that helped shape South Beach and even the Hialeah Park race track ...

The world-famous Hialeah Race Track opened in 1925 ... but also the place to see the nation's only flock of breeding flamingos. Like Miami, the park was severely damaged by the 1926 hurricane.