► Miami/South Florida Photo of the Day ◄

[Southernyank]

Check out these photos of Miami in '99 and '06

1999 miami

'06 miami

(photos courtesy of knas on ssp)

[Urban_Legend]

Wow, I love beofre and after pics! I know downtown construction is booming now, but it appears it had been booming in the past 7 years! Alot of new towers!

[Southernyank]

I thought this was a real cool pic that I found on google.

[Urban_Legend]

Oh my gosh, when did that terrible storm hit!?

[Southernyank]

I'm pretty sure it was a tornado that hit back in '97.

heres an article about it.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/newpage/vortex.html

[Roark]

I moved into my new place in Miami Beach and have some shots from my balcony to share.

Excellent pics from the Flamingo! I'm now the Sales Manager there, and couldn't be happier to be working in such a beautiful property. We are going to put millions into the rehab of the landscaping and balconies with architect Rockwell Group www.rockwellgroup.com they did Murano Grande, Nobu in NYC, the Kodak Theater in LA, Cirque du Soleil venues, etc. The Flamingo is going to get even better!

[vdogg]

I posted this in Norfolk off-topic but thought that you guys might like to see it as well. These are pics from my trip to Miami last week.

Miami? or an American Dubai?

[Southernyank]

Amazing Shots!! I love going to those b-ball courts in the third pic. How did you enjoy your trip?

[vdogg]

Amazing Shots!! I love going to those b-ball courts in the third pic. How did you enjoy your trip?

I was in town for the WMC and I had a fantastic time. That place was spectacular. One thing I did not enjoy was the price of beer. $20 for a mug of beer and $10 for a shot?! Ridiculous . Needless to say I did not get drunk that night. The city was a lot wilder and busier than I expected and its frenectic pace reminded me a lot of New York actually. Last time I was in Miami I was 7 and needless to say a lot has changed in the past 20 years.

[dave8721]

Some photos I took this last weekend from the parking garages of Sunset Place & Dadeland Mall

From Sunset Place in South Miami

view to Downtown:

trying to view Coral Gables but UM getting in the way:

view to Dadeland area:

The Biltmore:

Some construction going on across the street:

view to Key Biscayne:

From Dadeland Mall parking garage:

Colonnade Progress:

Dadeland Towers completed & ugly metrorail parking:

Toscano topped off & Metropolis...etc:

Progress of Downtown Dadeland:

[Southernyank]

Beautiful view from every angle. Downtown Dadeland looks to be coming along nicely.

[dave8721]

[95-Souf]

^ Aye it's Chicago, Florida....

[Urban Catalyst]

^ Aye it's Chicago, Florida....

[simms3]

It does kind of look it with the Four Seasons as the Sears and the Wachovia Financial as the Hancock and then a stream of high rises in between. Nice view, and the smallness adds to the "Chicago" effect.

[Urban Catalyst]

I was bored and decided to post these pics that have been sitting in my computer for ages. (They're a couple months old)

[city watcher]

Man, I didnt know that Miami was that BIG!!!! I was just there last year. And i'll be there this year

[Urban_Legend]

^Awesome pics! I love how the light reflects off of the Federal Courthouse!

[Urban Catalyst]

Yet another set of pictures... Brickell on the night of the Villa Magna grand opening party

[doubleroll]

Nice pics!!! Keep them coming. Looking into Neo Vertika myself.

[Urban_Legend]

Awesome! I love how it's getting more and more dense with each building. I hope the streetscape is improving as well.

[metropolis]

All of the above pictures are PHENOMENAL!!! Thanks for sharing. I recently re-located to Orlando and seeing those pictures above are really making me miss Miami! I still have properties in Miami (including Metropolis at Downtown Kendall...hence my User Id.) and hope to some day live in Miami again, even if it's just 6 mos. out of the year (in retirement).

[Urban Catalyst]

A walk from a parking lot north of 16th Street to American Airlinese Arena and Bayside Marketplace and back. (Yes, it's almost a mile each way) Construction sites aren't very pedestrian friendly, let's hope that the finished products are.

MarinaBlue

MarinaBlue & Ten Museum Park

Sidewalk

Performing Arts Center

Sears Tower still standing

PAC lit up

It's pretty scary to walk through these construction sites at night

Bayside Marketplace

[Urban Catalyst]

American Airlines Arena

View of the Downtown Skyline from American Airlines Arena

Freedom Tower

Home of the Miami Heat

MarinaBlue & Ten Museum Park

MarinaBlue looks so massive

[Urban Catalyst]

Some of the latter pictures are a bit blurry... Driving + Night-time photography = not a great combination. =)

Looking up the MarinaBlue construction site (this picture doesn't do justice, it's a lot taller than it appears here)

This is where I parked (it's free!)

Very late at night...can get creepy

Construction work in front of the Art Institute...this city doesn't sleep anymore

Driving down Biscayne Boulevard past midnight

Citigroup building

Wachovia Financial Center

The Bank of America tower was red that night!

At street level...you can see the red BoA tower in the background