These are pictures I've been taking over the past week, mostly while on my lunch break.

Brickell / Financial District

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....and a some from Downtown:

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Nice pics. You went all out!

Great, awesome pictures....keep em comin'...:):):)

Stunning Pictures. It's nice to see that the hidious DuPont Plaza Hotel and Apartments is almost gone.

Stunning Pictures. It's nice to see that the hidious DuPont Plaza Hotel and Apartments is almost gone.

Thanks. They're redeveloping that whole area....it'll look great in 5 years time. I overheard a security dude on the MetroMover talk about how they're planning to build a new movie theater in that area.

Nice pics. You went all out!

I have an hour to kill at lunchtime...so I like to do something constructive with that hour instead of just eat.

Great pics !! :)

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...hmmm ... I didn't know the demolition of the dupont was so advanced :carrot:

Great pictures!! thanks for sharing. I have a question. are they still planning on building those new Dupont Towers?

I would like to see a complete redevelopment of Brickell Ave. Despite all these projects rising, it is always going to have a decidely suburban flair if they do not bring the sidewalks directly to the street and get rid of those little green patches. Notice in this picture how the Esprito Santa Plaza side interacts with the street much better than the left side, which is virtually suburban.
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btw, great pics!

I believe the avenue is up for a major streetscaping very soon.

I would like to see a complete redevelopment of Brickell Ave. Despite all these projects rising, it is always going to have a decidely suburban flair if they do not bring the sidewalks directly to the street and get rid of those little green patches. Notice in this picture how the Esprito Santa Plaza side interacts with the street much better than the left side, which is virtually suburban.

Huh? Decidely suburban? In the picture that you are referring to, the left side of the picture is the parking lot of a two story free standing building, it is set back about 100 yards or so, and has a nicely landscaped parking lot. This open space is utilized for parties and fundraisers on a fairly regular basis. I'm not aware of any suburban intersections, decidely or decidedly, that have 20 story + buildings on 3 of 4 corners of the intersection, and the fourth being an open space. Throughout the day, both sides of Brickell Avenue are teaming with pedestrians. I am one of them. Also noteworthy is that this particular picture is taken about 100 yrds from the MetroRail terminus (hardly suburban).
Good luck with a "complete redevelopment of Brickell Avenue" to remove the "green patches". Huh? again. You mean you don't like trees??

I believe the avenue is up for a major streetscaping very soon.
True Dale, there is a project out for bid to enhance the sidewalks, medians, benches, and signaling from about SE 15th st to the River.

Huh? Decidely suburban? In the picture that you are referring to, the left side of the picture is the parking lot of a two story free standing building, it is set back about 100 yards or so, and has a nicely landscaped parking lot. This open space is utilized for parties and fundraisers on a fairly regular basis. I'm not aware of any suburban intersections, decidely or decidedly, that have 20 story + buildings on 3 of 4 corners of the intersection, and the fourth being an open space. Throughout the day, both sides of Brickell Avenue are teaming with pedestrians. I am one of them. Also noteworthy is that this particular picture is taken about 100 yrds from the MetroRail terminus (hardly suburban).
Good luck with a "complete redevelopment of Brickell Avenue" to remove the "green patches". Huh? again. You mean you don't like trees??

hmm..I must have struck a cord. Brickell Ave, in its current state, is not reaching its maximum potential. The newer developments, such as Esprito and Four Seasons are doing it right (like I mentioned before) but a parking lot, whether or not its "nicely landscaped" is still a parking lot, breaking the streetwall. Parking lots, in any shape or form, work against the fabric of a city. As for landscaping in general, I certainly like trees, especially in humid weather, but overlandscaped also takes away from the architectural integrity of the street. I prefer something more like Collins Ave, landscaped lightly, focusing its attention on the buildings.

Great pictures!! thanks for sharing. I have a question. are they still planning on building those new Dupont Towers?

They definitively will be built. Mid 2006 is the most realistic date. :cheers:

AWESOME PICS MAN

very constructive thing to do in an hour,

gotta love those cranes!

The newer developments, such as Esprito and Four Seasons are doing it right (like I mentioned before) but a parking lot, whether or not its "nicely landscaped" is still a parking lot, breaking the streetwall. Parking lots, in any shape or form, work against the fabric of a city. As for landscaping in general, I certainly like trees, especially in humid weather, but overlandscaped also takes away from the architectural integrity of the street. I prefer something more like Collins Ave, landscaped lightly, focusing its attention on the buildings.
You did strike a chord with the "dedicely suburban" comment. What Espirito and Four Seasons has done at street level is not much different than what is done with any number of the Brickell Buildings. This is more obvious if you have walked this area. A parking lot is not always a parking a lot as you mention, as I mentioned is is often a place where people can gather for charity events, fundraisers, and new condo launchings!

great pics unforgiven,everytime i see the wachovia center with the parking lot on the side i feel like crying because could you imagine if the parking lot would of been under that would of added atleast 100ft.
also i believe the first brickell bayfront building to be demolished after sheraton will be the four ambasssadors those building and hogging up so much space and there old as hell,and at a great location

oo just imagine if wachovia was sitting on that !!!

Granted, it would add height to the Wachovia Tower but on top of looking extremely ugly it would severely degrade the streetscape and make the area less inviting to pedetrians...

You did strike a chord with the "dedicely suburban" comment. What Espirito and Four Seasons has done at street level is not much different than what is done with any number of the Brickell Buildings. This is more obvious if you have walked this area. A parking lot is not always a parking a lot as you mention, as I mentioned is is often a place where people can gather for charity events, fundraisers, and new condo launchings!

I hate to turn a nice picture thread into a fight, but I'm sorry, a parking lot is never urban...ever. I think most people on this board would agree with me on this one.

And can you please refrain from pointing out spelling errors? That's rather adolescent, and does not somehow prove to make your points more justified.

great pics unforgiven,everytime i see the wachovia center with the parking lot on the side i feel like crying because could you imagine if the parking lot would of been under that would of added atleast 100ft.
also i believe the first brickell bayfront building to be demolished after sheraton will be the four ambasssadors those building and hogging up so much space and there old as hell,and at a great location

Its going to be tough to get rid of the four ambassadors. They are condos now, about 200 units a tower, 4 towers, thats 800 different owners a developer will have to individually buy out at around $200,000 a unit. Thats $160,000,000 before you take into account demolition costs. They'd had to build something super massive there to make a profit after that.

This is the reason why many of the ugly old condos (see Brickell Townhouse, 27-story 42 year old building) might be around until every last vacant lot or apartment building is gone first.

BEST/WORST. Yes, that's right, the Four Ambassadors. I can't stand those buildings. They MUST be torn down.

its more like 130 suites in each hotel building
and much less in each condo building.

its more like 130 suites in each hotel building
and much less in each condo building.

Miami-Dade property appraiser site says total of 747 units. Even if many are condo-hotel suites, they still have individual owners right?

Speaking of worst buildings, how about that UTD towers building at 1809 Brickell Ave, next door to the Santa Maria. A 17 story (office? apartment?) building built in 1966 with a huge empty parking lot sitting on one super prime peice of real estate. Or how about that "unsafe structure" that was closed for most of last year Brickell Harbor next to the Palace on SE 15th RD, a 17 story condo built in 1974 that is almost literally falling apart. Or any of those 1960's or early 70's era buildings on that one circular street (Brickell Bay Dr?) behind the Four Seasons.

i think the city should come in and do something with condos in brickell because in south brickell they're like 10 old as hell condo towers that site on prime land,and talking about 4 amb. aren't they exceeding the amount of condos they're allowd per acre

nice pics, unforgiven!

man those are some really nice pix, great job. speaking of all these old buildings the ones falling apart lets see if we can post as many pics as we can find with these old 60's buildings in brickell

True Street :)

BEST/WORST. Yes, that's right, the Four Ambassadors. I can't stand those buildings. They MUST be torn down.
it might Not ever happen, but then again, You'll never KNOW ! :cheers:

itll never hpn, at least not any time soon, it would take 100 million bux to get that land, the current boom would never justify that

so jorge perez bought the sheraton for 93million,really stupid because he overpaid for that land about 15million

current prices are 15 million per acre thats what the miami herald lot went for george payed 18 million per acre and has a great park next door and great river and bay views plus he is still on brickell avenue which is the park avenue of miami.

he is a very smart man.

no i believe buying the herald land was a genius idea,but the sheraton land i doubt he'll make his money back unless he sells each condo a million dollars

Some pictures of the skyline. the blue water just makes the skyline shine!


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amazing pics bhk!!

great shots and angles, your getting the shots from the east and im from the west lol check my updated photo thread, i got some great panos from the west

you're a photografic genius BHK

Thanks everyone. My Winter vacation started last thursday 'til the 17th, so after I come back from my trip to Atlanta I'll try to get some more shots. It's just dificult to stop in the middle of I 95 to take some shots lol. I want to take pictures from diferent angles.

wat we gotta do is get some tall ones in the heart of old downtown, in between the boa and wachovia, theres a gap there that we just gotta fill, maybe take down some of those crappy two story malls, but never any of those old skol newyork/chicago 1920's building, those we gotta preserve at all costs... im still pissed were losing the everglades, anyone care to lie in front of the bulldozers wit me?

I went out today and took some pictures of the skyline,hope you enjoy it :) :) :) ..by the way in my pictures i notice two small antenas in the top of four seasons so its height plus antenna must be around 244 m.also you can already notice Sail and Emerald peaking through the buildings in Brickell...http://img56.exs.cx/img56/4010/florida12dz.jpg http://img56.exs.cx/img56/5953/florida23nf.jpg http://img56.exs.cx/img56/2172/florida38ey.jpg http://img56.exs.cx/img56/4811/florida48hp.jpg http://img56.exs.cx/img56/3701/florida52uy.jpg http://img56.exs.cx/img56/6301/florida67ld.jpg http://img56.exs.cx/img56/6300/florida70hg.jpg

Excellent pictures MiamiSunCity. Those views are just jaw dropping!

AMAZING PICS MIAMISUNCITY!

u got a great camera, and good skills,

yup the 4 seasons has those 2 antennas, i was first to discover lool, but lets hope they bring it to over 800 feet!

NICE MIAMIsunCITY :) , Great PICS :) , Its amazing How you got the TWO Green and Blue DIAMOND Condo TOWERS on Miami Beach in the SECOND PIC to the Left of the PIC in the FAR Background, VERY GOOD !!! :cheers:

good eye chuck

good eye chuck
Thanks MIAballinboi :) , Happy New Year BRO :) !!!, BEFORE 9/11 Happen, I always Considered The GREEN and BLUE DIAMOND Condo TOWERS as the World Trade Center Residential TWIN TOWERS of the MIAMI METRO AREA . A Sad Part of LIFE, But WE can NEVER Forget It, " JUST GET STRONGER !!! ". :cheers:

great pics man, that third one is a great pano of the skyline, theres some holes in there we still gotta plug, but we got plenty of time, some of the new ones will take care of it, and im sure theyres many new announcements to come, just think of wat 2005 will bring

the one miami towers look great, ne1 no when theyre gonna top out?

great pics man, that third one is a great pano of the skyline, theres some holes in there we still gotta plug, but we got plenty of time, some of the new ones will take care of it, and im sure theyres many new announcements to come, just think of wat 2005 will bring

the one miami towers look great, ne1 no when theyre gonna top out?
YES NIMBY :) , Happy New Year !!!, THe EAST TOWER of ONE MIAMI has Topped out THIS WEEK, But there's NO tree on TOP YET :) , But Remember they STILL have to PUT up that WAVY DESIGN on TOP, so thats Another 20 FEET to go for the EAST CONDO TOWER of " ONE MIAMI ". :cheers:

thats it they look so small,even blue is taller

AXIS breaks ground in March remember !

yea and dupont in june,and ice 2 april paramunt september, avenue july

AXIS breaks ground in March remember !
YESSSSS DALE :) , I drove by there TODAY :) , They are Cutting the TREES DOWN at the SITE of the AXIS CONDO TOWERS, the Men are there working at the Site, Getting it ready. :cheers:

I've just included in a world forum thread Bristol Tower as my Favorite "Cylindrical" skyscraper (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=179944)

MIAMI SUNCITY :) , BHK :) , We need UPDATE PICS on those Pics you BOTH Took Back in DECEMBER, 2004, SO much has grown since Then , The SAIL :) on Brickell and EMERALD :) on brickell are reaching THEIR Peaks, and THE SOLARIS :) at Brickell is 7 Floors UP, and the Residents have been moving into THE JADE :) Condo Tower and THE SKYLINE :) Condo TOWER on Brickell Are ALL Complete :cheers: .
ALSO The WEST Condo TOWER of ONE MIAMI :) is TOPPED OUT, and The Wavery TOP of the EAST Tower of ONE MIAMI :) is 90% Completed. :cheers:

hey chuck how you doing body ,I will take my cam and hit the road to take some great shots of the city soon,I am just wishing a sunny day for the best picture,also you are right,in two months our city skyline has changed as it has been doing for the last 8 years so you wont be dissapointed ,I took those pictures looking to the east from a seven story building in Coral Way and the 36 street,but i coudnt capture any of the one miami towers because of Brickell on the River position,but we better get used to this in the way the city is getting dense.!!! :) :) We Are Lucky....hope to see a lot of :eek2:

MIAMI SUNCITY :) , BHK :) , We need UPDATE PICS on those Pics you BOTH Took Back in DECEMBER, 2004, SO much has grown since Then , The SAIL :) on Brickell and EMERALD :) on brickell are reaching THEIR Peaks, and THE SOLARIS :) at Brickell is 7 Floors UP, and the Residents have been moving into THE JADE :) Condo Tower and THE SKYLINE :) Condo TOWER on Brickell Are ALL Complete :cheers: .
ALSO The WEST Condo TOWER of ONE MIAMI :) is TOPPED OUT, and The Wavery TOP of the EAST Tower of ONE MIAMI :) is 90% Completed. :cheers:


Hey Chuck I might go downtown tomorrow. It all depends on hows the weather, As you can see in the pictures I took back in December the weather was excellent.

i'm going next saturday,well i find that you get the best skyline shots from either i-95,or the metromover station at the omni

i'm going next saturday,well i find that you get the best skyline shots from either i-95,or the metromover station at the omni
UPTOWN-MIDTOWN :) BHK :) , MiamiSunCity :) , Next Week is BETTER, The WEATHER TODAY over Miami ,SUCKS :bash: , its MUCKY :bash: and Wet :cheers: all over MIAMI-DADE County, Cold Front Moving in Today and Tomorrow !!! :runaway:

yea weather sucks today