First we start with this building on the campus I work at:
1970:
2008:
I can't get back to get more in the shot because the entire area is now covered by buildings.
This campus was once Tamiami Airport.
1950s:
The airport was shut down in the 60s because its traffic was interfering with the pattern at MIA (Miami International). FIU campus construction began in the 1970s.
1971:
Notice the runways in the background, and the airfield control tower to the right.
Construction of the campus was well underway by the 1980s.
1980s:
Today, there is barely a trace of the airfield remaining.
2008:
The only remaining trace is the aforementioned control tower.
1950s:
2008:
Sources:
FIU PhotostreamAbandoned and little-known airfieldsGoogle Earth