Downtown Miami

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Skyscrapers in downtown Miami, Florida, as seen from the east.

Skyscrapers in downtown Miami, as seen from the northeast.

Downtown Miami is the central business district of South Florida, Miami-Dade County and Miami, Florida. Brickell Avenue/Biscayne Boulevard is the main north-south road in downtown, and Flagler Street is the main east-west road in the Central Business District.

Downtown, or sometimes referred to as the "Central Business District", is the area north of Broadway, east of I-95, and south of 17th Terrace.^[1]^[2] Inside of this area includes Park West, the area due west of Bicentennial Park and northern Brickell. Other areas that are many times adjoined with Downtown is the area to the north: Midtown, which is north of 17th Terrace and Brickell to the south.

Public Transportation in the downtown area is used more than in any other part of Miami and is a vital part of downtown life. The Metromover train system runs 3 lines through downtown (the downtown loop, the Omni loop, and the Brickell loop), and the Metrorail, Miami-Dade County's heavy rail system, makes 3 stops in the downtown area at the Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Station, Government Center Station, and the Brickell Station.

The Metrorail has stops throughout Miami as well as Miami-Dade County with connections to Miami International Airport, all Miami-Dade County bus lines, Tri-Rail and Amtrak. The main bus station in downtown is located in Midtown at Omni Station.

1 Downtown Skyscrapers
2 Places of interest
3 Gallery
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Downtown Skyscrapers

The tallest tower to the left is the Four Seasons Hotel Miami in Brickell. The tallest tower in the center is the Wachovia Financial Center in Downtown which borders Park West to the north, with the four towers. Park West leads into Midtown to the north where the large cluster of skyscrapers are to the far right.

The Miami skyline as of February 2007. With more cranes visible on the skyline than buildings, it's an example of Manhattanization.

Wachovia Financial Center Bank of America Tower 900 Biscayne Bay Freedom Tower Ten Museum Park Hotel InterContinental One Biscayne Tower 1800 Club SunTrust International Center Wind Alfred I. DuPont Building	Marinablue Miami Center Met 3 One Miami East Tower One Miami West Tower Opera Tower Museum Tower Quantum on the Bay North Tower Quantum on the Bay South Tower Courthouse Center The Ivy	Marquis Miami Met 2 Mint Stephen P. Clark Government Center 50 Biscayne Tower Met 1 The Loft 2 New World Tower Everglades on the Bay North Tower Everglades on the Bay South Tower The Grand Doubletree Dade County Courthouse

Daytime view of downtown Miami looking South, 2008

Nighttime view of downtown Miami looking South, 2008

[edit] Places of interest

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, the second-largest performing arts center in the U.S.

The American Airlines Arena, home of the Miami Heat

Flagler Street has many of Downtown's older buildings

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
American Airlines Arena
Bayfront Park
Bayside Marketplace
Bicentennial Park
Biscayne Boulevard
Dade County Courthouse
Flagler Street
Fort Dallas
Freedom Tower
Government Center
Gusman Center for the Performing Arts
Historical Museum of Southern Florida
Jewelry District
La Epoca department store
Miami Arena
Miami Art Museum
Miami City Ballet
Miami Dade College
Miami Main Library
Miami Herald headquarters
nightclubs of Park West
Pace Park
Villa Vizcaya
Wagner Home

[edit] Gallery

Miami Art Museum	Bank of America Tower lit in pink	The Freedom Tower built in 1925	The Downtown Distributor aids the heavy traffic from I-95 with long ramps to various parts of downtown
Government Center Station	Downtown skyline- August 2007	Downtown skyline- Dec. 2006	Biscayne Boulevard
Dade County Courthouse built in 1928	50 Biscayne Tower	Wachovia Financial Center	Marquis Miami on the Biscayne Wall

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

http://www.downtownmiami.com/ Official Website
http://www.ci.miami.fl.us City of Miami official website
Transit Miami
Boom or Bust: Miami

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