Miami, Florida
Miami is the second-most populous city in Florida after Jacksonville. The2020 census report Miami’s pollution as 70.2% Hispanic or Latino. It is the core of the much larger Miami metropolitan area, which has a population of 6.14 million, the second-largest metropolitan area in the Southeast after Atlanta, and the ninth-largest in the U.S.
Miami is a major center in finance, commerce, culture, arts and international trade. Miami’s metropolitan area is the largest urban economy in Florida, ranked as the third-richest city in the U.S. and third-richest globally in purchasing power.
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Population: 442,241 (2020)
South Beach
South Beach is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, south of Dade Boulevard.
In both daytime and nightfall, South Beach is a major entertainment destination with hudreds of nightclubs, restaurants, boutiques and hotels.
One unique aesthetic attribute of South Beach is the presence of several colorful and unique lifeguard towers. After Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Architect William Lane donated his design services to the city and added new stops on design tours in the form of lifeguard towers. South Beach is considered a hub of LGBT lifestyle.
South Beach is traversed by numerical streets which runs east-west, starting with South Point Drive. It also has 13 principal roads and avenues running north-south, such as Collins Avenue (State Road A1A), Ocean Drive.
In this area, there is a U.S. historic district called Miami Beach Architectural District (also known as Old Miami Beach Historical District or Miami Art Deco District), containing 960 historic building, the largest collection of Art Deco buildings in the world. It is bounced by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Sixth Street to the South, Alton Road to the west, and the Collins Canal and Dade Boulevard to the north.
Source: Wikipedia
Design District
Design District is a vibrant and luxury shopping and arts destination.
Spanning 18 square blocks north of the Wynwood neighborhood, the area is an international destination for fashion, galleries, architecture, public arts, and fine dining.
Official website: https://www.miamidesigndistrict.com
Wynwood
Wynwood is bounded by the Design District on the South side, and sits just north of Downtown Miami.
It is home to craft breweries, authentic Puerto Rican cuisine, and dozens of nightclubs, making it one of the busiest area of the city after sunset. We are here mainly for another famous feature of the area - street art. The streets in this area are an ever-changing tapestry of murals by renowned local, national and international street artists.
The outdoor museum Wynwood Walls (https://thewynwoodwalls.com), dedicated to street art, was opened in 2009 and sits in the center of district.
-Tripadvisor
Little Havana
Little Havana, just west of Downtown Miami, is a community with a thriving Cuban arts and cultral heritage.
The neighborhood is centered around Calle Ocho, or SW 8th Street , as the locals call it in Spanish. Here you will find bakeries, coffee, restaurants, cigar shops.
The famed Domino Park is where neighborhood old timers gather to play dominos and talk politics.
We had our lunch here at El Pub Restaurant and cuban sandwich is a must-have on the table. The restaurant sits cross from the street from the Little Havana Visit Center, and has two huge rooster statues right in front of the entrance.
We also stopped at Azucar Ice Cream Company. You won’t miss the ice Cream parlor on the street as the facade has an enormous ice cream cone piled high with colorful scoops. The sho chorus out over 100 flavors made with all-natural ingredients.
