Dinner Key, Florida
Dinner Key is in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida, adjacent to Biscayne Bay. It was originally an island, popular as a destination for picnics, but was connected to the mainland in 1914 by filling in the intervening space.
A United States Naval Air Station was established on Dinner Key in 1917. The Air Station was closed shortly after the end of World War I and taken over by commercial operators.
Dinner Key served as a base for Pan American World Airways' flying boats during the 1930s and 1940s. It was one of the world's largest airports and the main hub for air traffic between North and South America. After the technological advances of World War II made seaplanes largely obsolete, Pan Am transferred its operations to Miami International Airport.
The United States Coast Guard operated an Air Station at Dinner Key from 1932 until 1965, when operations were transfered to the Opa-Locka Airport.
One of Pan Am's hangers was used for many years as an exhibition hall and auditorium, the Dinner Key Auditorium. This was the site of the incident in 1969 in which Jim Morrison of the Doors was arrested for exposing himself to the audience.
Today, Dinner Key is used primarily as a marina. Two of Pan Am's original four hangars remain in use for boat storage. The old Pan Am terminal building has served as the Miami City Hall since 1950.