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Downtown Miami

Downtown Miami
Neighborhood of Miami
Downtown Miami skyline as seen from Biscayne Bay to the east
Downtown Miami skyline as seen from Biscayne Bay to the east
Nickname(s): Downtown, Central Business District
Downtown neighborhoods within the City of Miami
Downtown neighborhoods within the City of Miami
Coordinates: 25°46′26″N 80°11′24″W / 25.774°N 80.190°W / 25.774; -80.190
Country United States
State Florida
County Miami-Dade County
City Miami
Settled 1830s
Incorporated into the City of Miami 1896
Subdistricts of Downtown
Government
 • City of Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff
 • Miami-Dade Commissioners Carlos A. Giménez, Bruno Barreiro, and Audrey Edmonson
 • House of Representatives Luis R. Garcia, Jr. (D) and Cynthia A. Stafford (D)
 • State Senate Gwen Margolis (D), Dwight Bullard (D), and Miguel Díaz de la Portilla (R)
 • U.S. House Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)
Area
 • All Downtown neighborhoods 3.8 sq mi (10 km2)
Population (2016)
 • All Downtown neighborhoods 88,540
 • Density 23,000/sq mi (9,000/km2)
 • CBD population only 14,358
 • Daytime population ~250,000
Demonym(s) Downtowner
Time zone EST (UTC-05)
ZIP Code 33128, 33129, 33130, 33131, 33132, 33136
Area code(s) 305, 786
Website www.miamidda.com
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The Downtown Miami Historic District has over 60 buildings ranging from 1896–1939 in the heart of Downtown
Greater Downtown Miami is located in Florida
Greater Downtown Miami
Location Downtown, Miami, Florida
Coordinates 25°46′N 80°12′W / 25.767°N 80.200°W / 25.767; -80.200Coordinates: 25°46′N 80°12′W / 25.767°N 80.200°W / 25.767; -80.200
Area 380 acres (1,500,000 m2)
NRHP Reference # 05001356 and 88003057
Added to NRHP 1988 and 2005

Downtown Miami is an urban city center, based around the Central Business District of Miami, Florida, United States. In addition to the central business district, the area also consists of the Brickell Financial District, Historic District, Government Center, Omni and Park West. The neighborhood is divided by the Miami River and is bordered by Midtown (Edgewater and Wynwood) to the north, Biscayne Bay to the east, Civic Center and Overtown to the west, and Coconut Grove to the south.

Brickell Avenue and Biscayne Boulevard are the main north-south roads, and Flagler Street is the main east-west road. The neighborhood is defined by the Miami Downtown Development Authority (DDA) as the 3.8-square-mile (9.8 km2)-area east of Interstate 95 between the Rickenbacker Causeway to the south and Julia Tuttle Causeway to the north.

Locally known as Downtown, the area is a cultural, financial, and commercial center of South Florida, tracing its present-day history back to the 19th century. In recent years, Downtown Miami has grown and physically expanded to become the fastest-growing area in Miami, with rapid increase in population and the greatest concentration of high-rises in the region. Greater Downtown is home to many major museums, parks, education centers, banks, company headquarters, courthouses, government offices, theaters, shops and many of the oldest buildings in the city.


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