About Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami has continued to grow in importance over the past decade as a vital nerve center of international finance, commerce, culture, trade and tourism. Along with its growing global influence have come dramatic changes in downtown Miami's skyline. Sleek and modern towers now rise above Biscayne Bay housing regional and international headquarters of major multi-national corporations. The Brickell Avenue financial district has the largest concentration of international financial institutions in the Southeast. Downtown currently contains over 13 million square feet of office space and 5 million square feet of retail space providing employment to 104, 000 people on a daily basis.
Like the rest of Miami, downtown is very international in flavor with visitors from every place among the globe as part of the city's everyday ambiance. Downtown Miami is only 10 minutes away from Miami International Airport with 140 airlines offering flights to more international capitals than any other airport in America. It also offers convenient access to the Port of Miami, which serves more than 3 million passengers per year and is the number one cruise port in the world.
Homelessness is the biggest issue afflicting the commercial downtown core. There is a large homeless population living in encampments constructed under the expressways' overpass. Efforts are under way by city and county officials to offer assistance to homeless individuals as part of a large relocation plan. Construction of a 350-bed homeless assistance center is scheduled to break ground by year's end.
There are many outstanding attractions and public facilities in Downtown including the Metro Dade Cultural Center, a public complex which includes the Dade County Main Library, the Center for Fine Arts, and the South Florida Historical Museum. The Miami Arena is home to the Miami Heat, NBA basketball team, the NHL Florida Panthers hockey team and the Miami Hooters arena football team. Bayside Marketplace, a retail complex on a 20-acre waterfront parksite has become the number one tourist destination in South Florida. The Omni complex, a multi-use center containing major hotels, a retail shopping center and entertainment and meeting facilities anchors the north end of Downtown. Miami-Dade Community College Downtown Campus, America's highest ranked community college, is located in the heart of the City.
A $248 million expansion of the public transit "Metro mover" system from Brickell to Omni has just been completed now linking all of downtown. A water taxi system with stations along the bay and river has recently been inaugurated. Further tying Downtown with Broward and Palm Beach Counties is the high speed tri-rail system.
http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/nets/old/down.htm
Downtown Miami website: http://www.downtownmiami.com/ or click here http://downtownmiami.photomachine.n...t_albumName=DDA has an interesting slide show of what to come for Downtown Miami.
Miami Downtown Development Authority website: http://www.miamidda.com/index.html
Downtown Miami has continued to grow in importance over the past decade as a vital nerve center of international finance, commerce, culture, trade and tourism. Along with its growing global influence have come dramatic changes in downtown Miami's skyline. Sleek and modern towers now rise above Biscayne Bay housing regional and international headquarters of major multi-national corporations. The Brickell Avenue financial district has the largest concentration of international financial institutions in the Southeast. Downtown currently contains over 13 million square feet of office space and 5 million square feet of retail space providing employment to 104, 000 people on a daily basis.
Like the rest of Miami, downtown is very international in flavor with visitors from every place among the globe as part of the city's everyday ambiance. Downtown Miami is only 10 minutes away from Miami International Airport with 140 airlines offering flights to more international capitals than any other airport in America. It also offers convenient access to the Port of Miami, which serves more than 3 million passengers per year and is the number one cruise port in the world.
Homelessness is the biggest issue afflicting the commercial downtown core. There is a large homeless population living in encampments constructed under the expressways' overpass. Efforts are under way by city and county officials to offer assistance to homeless individuals as part of a large relocation plan. Construction of a 350-bed homeless assistance center is scheduled to break ground by year's end.
There are many outstanding attractions and public facilities in Downtown including the Metro Dade Cultural Center, a public complex which includes the Dade County Main Library, the Center for Fine Arts, and the South Florida Historical Museum. The Miami Arena is home to the Miami Heat, NBA basketball team, the NHL Florida Panthers hockey team and the Miami Hooters arena football team. Bayside Marketplace, a retail complex on a 20-acre waterfront parksite has become the number one tourist destination in South Florida. The Omni complex, a multi-use center containing major hotels, a retail shopping center and entertainment and meeting facilities anchors the north end of Downtown. Miami-Dade Community College Downtown Campus, America's highest ranked community college, is located in the heart of the City.
A $248 million expansion of the public transit "Metro mover" system from Brickell to Omni has just been completed now linking all of downtown. A water taxi system with stations along the bay and river has recently been inaugurated. Further tying Downtown with Broward and Palm Beach Counties is the high speed tri-rail system.
http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/nets/old/down.htm
Downtown Miami website: http://www.downtownmiami.com/ or click here http://downtownmiami.photomachine.n...t_albumName=DDA has an interesting slide show of what to come for Downtown Miami.
Miami Downtown Development Authority website: http://www.miamidda.com/index.html
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