Downtown Miami

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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 Miami is divided into four distinct areas, Uptown, Park West, the Central Business District and Brickell, and then themselves into many subdistricts. The northernmost area is Uptown, which is divided into the subdistricts of the Omni, Wynwood/Edgewater, and Midtown. To the south of Uptown, is Park West, the Central Business District and south of the Miami River, Brickell, divided into Upper Brickell and Lower Brickell. The CBD is separated from Brickell by the Miami River, NW 7th St marks the line between Park West and the CBD, the Dolphin Expressway separates Park West and Uptown, and Broadway splits Upper and Lower Brickell apart.

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 Uptown, in the Omni.

1 Downtown Skyscrapers
2 Places of interest
3 Gallery
4 External links

[edit] Downtown Skyscrapers

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The tallest tower to the left is the Four Seasons Hotel Miami in Brickell. To the right is Upper Brickell and then the Wachovia Financial Center in the Central Business District which borders Park West to the north, with the four towers. Park West leads into the Omni to the north where the large cluster of skyscrapers are to the far right. The Omni is part of Uptown which also includes Midtown and Wynwood/Edgewater, the northernmost districts of Downtown Miami.

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

Four Seasons Hotel Miami Wachovia Financial Center Bank of America Tower Atlantis Condominium Freedom Tower (Miami) Ten Museum Park Hotel InterContinental One Biscayne Tower Jade at Brickell Bay Santa Maria Tower SunTrust International Center	Marinablue Miami Miami Center Espirito Santo Plaza Mellon Financial Center Brickell on the River Met 3 Vue at Brickell One Miami East Tower One Miami West Tower Opera Tower Museum Tower	Met 2 Stephen P. Clark Government Center 50 Biscayne Tower 701 Brickell Avenue Three Tequesta Point Two Tequesta Point Met 1 The Loft 2 New World Tower Marquis Everglades on the Bay Dade County Courthouse One Broadway Icon Brickell North Tower Icon Brickell South Tower

[edit] Places of interest

American Airlines Arena
Bayfront Park
Bayside Marketplace
Bicentennial Park
Biscayne Boulevard
Brickell Avenue
Dade County Courthouse
Carnival Center for the Performing Arts
Flagler Street
Freedom Tower
Guzman Center for the Performing Arts
Historical Museum of Southern Florida
La Epoca department store
Mary Brickell Village
Miami Arena
Miami Art Museum
Miami-Dade College
Miami-Dade County Main Library
Miami Herald headquarters
Midtown Miami
nightclubs of Park West
Pace Park

[edit] Gallery

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[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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