Downtown Miami
| Downtown Miami skyscrapers compete for attention with one being bigger than the other.
Downtown has many department stores,shopping here is a must for the tourists.
Be careful with some stores (specially electronics)where the price of the product depends on the face of the costumer (you know what I mean),they try to sell their products for twice,sometimes,three times more than the average price,taking advantage of the tourists.
Downtown's diversity inspires dining delights in a variety of culinary styles.
Downtown is also the central business district of Miami-Dade County.
Interesting places in downtown are:
The Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, the Bay side Marketplace and the American Airlines Arena.
Brickell Avenue/Biscayne Boulevard is the main north-south road in the downtown area, and Flagler Street is the main east-west road.
Downtown is divided into different areas separated by the Miami River: The government and shopping district of northern downtown and the Brickell Financial District.
Public Transportation in downtown is used more than in any other part of Miami. The Metro mover train system runs 3 lines through downtown, and the Metro rail, Dade County's heavy rail system, makes 3 stops in the downtown area.
The Freedom Tower is located in downtown Miami is where the countless Cuban refugees were processed and began their new life in the United States.
Today it is a museum and a tribute to the many hardships of the Cuban people and their desire to flee a Communist Cuba. |
People driving into downtown these days should be ready to get lost easily.
Miami is in the midst of a major building explosion, one that will bring thousands of new people to live in the downtown area.
Miami is trying to remake its business district into a place where people live, shop and play instead of just coming and going from work, leaving the area at dark hours of the night.
Many residents, environmentalists and even developers believe that the growth has been too rapid to contain all of these new residents.
They say that buildings are going up without adequate mass transit, parking and water systems or a workable street grid.
So far, they had built condos but aren't being built accompanied by places like restaurants, grocery stores and dry cleaners.
Developers say the demand is there.
Many of the condominiums under construction are expected to be bought up by foreigners as investments or second homes in the sun.
Downtown Miami
By Wing Melo
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