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With the crapload of construction aiming to gentrify and jumpstart the heartbeat of Downtown, Overtown and Uptown (areas north of of the CBD), I truly hope these areas maintain their charm and character that could so easily be wiped away.

LEt it be known, however, that these areas have always been vibrant (not so much for Overtown) and bustling; the new towers will greatly add to the radiant mix that exists downtown, uptown and overtown in the form of architecture, people, and charm!



This thread focuses only on the Central Business District portion of downtown.


First a picture taken from the Brickell Financial District (south of CBD) showcasing just a portion of the amount of construction Downtown.


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The Brickell Avenue Bridge is one of the bridges that takes you from the Brickell District to the Central Business District ....


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^^the buildings in the background have since been demolished to make way for two condo towers as rendered below...


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CBD


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ahhemm....sorry, I must interrupt this thread to showcase various angles of this Emmaculate building on NE 1st street


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K, now that I got that off my chest....


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The deteriorating Everglades Hotel on Biscayne Blvd is currently being demolished so that the Condo building below can rise in its place....


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Taken from Biscayne Blvd, a major thouroughfare that runs up the east side of downtown along Biscayne Bay.....this is Route 1 for all you east-coasters!


A cut-off view of the Brickell district to the south


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Canyons and Buses (...makes me happy)


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More Canyons (...joy)


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lookin' south


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Canyons and transit (...love it)


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The Beautiful Dade-County Courthouse again....this view will be obstucted by a 55-storey (554 ft) scraper soon to break ground


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Got away from the bustling city, headed into Bayfront Park...accros the green grass lay the beautiful Biscayne Bay.


In the distance are the highrises of the SoFi district of Miami Beach (at the extreme southern tip)


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The MacArthur Causeway


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Best Miami thread yet! Do everybody a favor and post this outside of the Florida forum. Others across the Country would be very happy to see these pics!

wooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww,

love those pics all of em, specially the beginning and end, u da man street!

street, I had time to watch my kid grow up and leave for college waithing for the pics to load. :wink2:

Seriously, a spectacular job which really does capture the grit (and glamour) of the living, breathing, urban community which is CBD Miami.

^^thanks guys alot guys, I'm passionate about this city:)


@lakelander, I sure will!;)

easily the best Miami thread I've seen so far.
The vibrancy of the streets & the mass transit among the tall buildings makes Miami look truely cosmopolitan. Anyone who questions if the city has a real downtown will be shut up by pics like this!

^^thanks gguys;)

This is beautiful. So vibrant, so alive, so hot, gotta love it! Yeah! :D

Great Pictures... did anyone see the everglades hotel demolition? The whole skyline along biscayne will change very soon with all the new buildings being designed.

I don't know how I missed this thread street....you really captured the atmosphere of downtown...just an incredible photo thread overall.Thanks for posting these.

thought I'd revive this thread...

great thread, makes me wanna walk around downtown too.

Miami is a super high class city!! great pics !!!

Yeah I missed this thread too. Great tour Street. Greatest thread ever! :applause: :applause: :applause:

Good job, you show the slummy parts of downtown Miami as well as the business area. Got any pics of Liberty City?

Outstanding work :okay:

thanks guys...sorry tampa813, no lib city pics...I'll try to get some when I'm back in Miami

Miami is a super high class city!! great pics !!!


Who told you that?
Miami is still light years away from becoming a high class city.
There are only about 6 cities in the Nation that are world class, and Miami is not one of them. and will never be.
and wait for the bubble to burst there.
There will even be more homeless people in DT Miami

^ you know fredcalif why don't you take you and your trolling comments somewhere else and stay out of our forum. I already know that you have a great disdain for our city which is very evident everytime there is a post regarding Miami. I don't know what your personal beef is considering as you've stated thayou have lived here and still have relatives here. Go find another city to bash...you're nothing but a troll.

who the hell r u u party pooper... miami is high class, and just like all cities, it has its not so nice parts... downtown is currently one of them... but its being tranformed at light speed... and will soon b on par with the best cities of the world...

fred,,,everyone already know you hate miami with a passion ...so go get a life you dumbass troll.

nicely said

To all Fredcalif's of the world.....with no Economics sense and no overall sense of direction in a world run by E-C-O-N-O-M-I-C-S. Have you realized what Real Estate Prices are in All Major Cities. NY , Los Angeles , SAn F. etc...etc...Miami Is playing the Catch Up game..Being a native New Yorker..what I see is you got to pay a prize if you want to live in great Metropolises of the world...and Miami is already there!

fred's just insanely jealous. It's pretty transparent.

fredcalif, u must come to LA forum or West Coast forum and leave Miami forum alone.

Overall, Downtown Miami is nice and beautiful historic too. :)

Me encanta Miami :banana::nuts::banana::nuts::nuts::banana:

But seriously you did an amazing job capturing Miami in pictures, bravo

Who told you that?
Miami is still light years away from becoming a high class city.
There are only about 6 cities in the Nation that are world class, and Miami is not one of them. and will never be.
and wait for the bubble to burst there.
There will even be more homeless people in DT Miami

lol, says the person from Phoenix.

I never saw these photos. I don't recognize a lot of the older buildings in these photos. Were some of these demolished (I recognize the building that was demolished for Loft 3, but the others?). At any rate, it's a great collection of photos, and really shows how much Downtown has changed in such a short period.

Wow! This thread ended so abruptly?!? This guy took amazing pictures. Some of these pictures would look unrecognizable today. This is probably the best set on the CBD and its architectural and historic jewels.

I never saw this photos. I don't recognize a lot of the older buildings in these photos. Were some of these demolished (I recognize the building that was demolished for Loft 3, but the others?). At any rate, it's a great collection of photos, and really shows how much Downtown has changed in such a short period.
Yeah they are great pictures. It has been 4 years and 10 months since those were taken.
Many buildings have been demolished, entire streets have been moved, buildings have been built, and with the renewed and improved framework of good governance, private businesses felt comfortable in improving their businesses.
Downtown looks fantastic today, and it has been a work in progress for years. Thanks to Dana Nottingham and the DDA for the big picture work and foundation laid down years ago that make today's detailed improvements shine.

THings have defintely changed but I wouldnt say that downtown looks "fantastic". There is still a whole lot of work to be done... Flagler is still dead at night and on weekends. There are still tons of closed stores, delapitated buildings, and there is still a lack of diversity. Nevertheless, the foundation has been laid for changes over the next ten years. Downtown Miami will definetely need another big push or two.

THings have defintely changed but I wouldnt say that downtown looks "fantastic". There is still a whole lot of work to be done... Flagler is still dead at night and on weekends. There are still tons of closed stores, delapitated buildings, and there is still a lack of diversity. Nevertheless, the foundation has been laid for changes over the next ten years. Downtown Miami will definetely need another big push or two.
Of course there is more work to be done. It has always been a work in progress, but I really love downtown and believe it is fantastic.

The International Book fair is going on right now, and it is fantastic.
I don't expect everyone have the same positive outlook, no doubt there a plenty of whiners that would disagree.

By the way, what do you mean by lack of diversity?

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Here is a snap from the Miami River at SE 1st Street. Gritty, but it's a working river afterall.
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THings have defintely changed but I wouldnt say that downtown looks "fantastic". There is still a whole lot of work to be done... Flagler is still dead at night and on weekends. There are still tons of closed stores, delapitated buildings, and there is still a lack of diversity. Nevertheless, the foundation has been laid for changes over the next ten years. Downtown Miami will definetely need another big push or two.

On top of that, everything will never be perfect. As much as downtown Miami has and will change, there are and will always be blighted areas. Whether is be trash filled lots, or homeless people hanging around or empty buildings.

There are still tons of closed stores, delapitated buildings, and there is still a lack of diversity.
Real estate people usually measure closed stores by a percentage of occupancy/vacancy and not by tons, but there are a few empty spaces available.
On a slow drive down Flagler, I didn't notice any dilapitated buildings, and the unscientific count was about 16 spaces available for lease out of 80 or so ground level store fronts. That is a high percentage of available units, but most of those spaces available are small little spaces, the largest tenants Burdines, Epoca, MIA, Walgreens, CVS, Gusman, etc are all filled up. The largest vacant space is 8,000 sq ft on the corner of Flagler and Miami Avenue. Right now that space is housing an art gallery (nice cocktail party there Saturday night) and likely be utilized throughout Art Basel...but i digress).
Put another way, the occupancy rate by square footage is healthy even in this recession.

Walking around this Sunday on Flagler, it was not dead. My girlfriend walked out of store because the lines at the check out were too long.

On top of that, everything will never be perfect. As much as downtown Miami has and will change, there are and will always be blighted areas. Whether is be trash filled lots, or homeless people hanging around or empty buildings.

those trash filled lots with homeless that quantum posted above are controlled by miami worldcenter group

those trash filled lots with homeless that quantum posted above are controlled by miami worldcenter group
The homeless shelter, which hasn't been pictured, is directly across the street from those lots.
Camillus House, gives out meals there. The homeless people congregate under the shade trees until food is served and then they they leave the area unless there is a Heat game, then they hang around to panhandle.