Miami Design District
| Design District | |
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| Neighborhood of Miami | |
Typical street in the Design District
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| Nickname(s): Buena Vista (historic name) | |
 Design District neighborhood within the City of Miami |
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| Coordinates: 25°48′46″N 80°11′32″W / 25.81278°N 80.19222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Miami-Dade County |
| City | City of Miami |
| Government | |
| • City of Miami Commissioner | Richard Dunn |
| • Miami-Dade Commissioner | Audrey Edmonson |
| • House of Representatives | Daphne Campbell (D) and Cynthia A. Stafford (D) |
| • State Senate | Larcenia Bullard (D), and Oscar Braynon (D) |
| • U.S. House | Frederica Wilson (D) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,573 |
| • Density | 9,385/sq mi (3,624/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-05) |
| ZIP Code | 33127, 33137 |
| Area code(s) | 305, 786 |
| Website | Miami Design District |
The Design District, historically a part of Buena Vista, is a neighborhood within the city of Miami, Florida, United States, south of Lemon City (Little Haiti). It is roughly bound by North 36 St (US 27) to the south, North 43rd Street to the north, West First Avenue to the west and Biscayne Boulevard to the east.
The Design District was made up primarily of old low-rise warehouses that have been converted into retail spaces, art galleries, restaurants and cafés, but now includes a large amount of new construction, primarily for high-end retail. The Design District is in the crossroads of many prominent Miami neighborhoods, with the artsy Wynwood neighborhood to the south, Lemon City (Little Haiti) and the historic 1920s Buena Vista neighborhood to the north, and the wealthy Upper East Side neighborhoods to the east. After decades of falling to urban decay, the Design District has risen to fame as a destination for the arts, design, and fashion.
It is home to over 130 art galleries, showrooms, creative services, architecture firms, luxury fashion stores, antiques dealers, eateries and bars.
Historically, the area today known as the Design District was originally known as Buena Vista. Today, the area has become its own, and is known colloquially as the Design District. Signs and names with the name Buena Vista can still be seen throughout the area such as the Buena Vista Post Office, and Buena Vista School.
By the 1980s and early-1990s, the Design District had fallen to urban decay, and it wasn't until the late 1990s, and early 2000s, that art and design stores began opening up in the Design District. Throughout the 2000s, the Design District continued to grow in popularity, and with heavy public and private investment in the neighborhood, the streets and sidewalks were redone, and new trees were planted.
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