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I think infill/gentrification in Miami looks very different from how it does in Philadelphia. In the latter case, there are large projects in different neighborhoods, but a lot of the change involves restoration of existing housing stock rather than the creation of new housing units. So in 12 years, North Philly will be a nicer place, but it won't look significantly different from a structural perspective than it does today. In Miami's case, the city is upzoning, and we're seeing an explosion of high rise buildings in places that were considered terrible areas 20 years ago. It's not just the "developed" places where this is happening and the developed places are really only "developed" if your history with Miami only goes back the last 10-15 years. It's not like Brickell was the equivalent of Georgetown or Center City in 1995. There's still a lot of poverty in the areas adjacent to Brickell today.
Don't confuse Baltimore with Cleveland and Detroit. In 2010 Baltimore had a population over 300,000 in the central 30 sq miles around Downtown. More than Seattle. In fact, Baltimore has one of the most densely populated urban cores in the country outside of the Big 6. It is also home to some of the city's best neighborhoods (e.g. Federal Hill, Mt Vernon, Bolton Hill). It is further afield where you hit the worst blight.
Fitzrovian is correct. In Baltimore, you often start hitting serious blight when you move more than a mile from the center of downtown in several directions - northeast, northwest, west, and southwest. The only directions that you can walk for much more than a mile without serious blight are East, Southeast, North, and South
Here are some density maps from PolicyMap of Baltimore, Detroit, and Cleveland:
As you can see, Baltimore has lots of density that extends a couple of miles from downtown before dropping off. The fact that the density in many neighborhoods is only half of what it once was, doesn't mean that they aren't still relatively densely populated. It is also important to remember that where there is blight a mile or so from the center of downtown, there is a drive the redevelop those areas (Old Town, Jones Town, Hollins Market, Pig Town, etc.) Downtown is still a big enough draw to make people at least think about investing as nearby as possible. By the way, many of the waterside tracts are denser than they appear because their catchment area is often half water.
Atlanta and Miami have added about the same number of people since 2010 by census estimates and yet the land area of Atlanta is almost four times greater than that of Miami. Baltimore and Detroit will be lucky if they post gains at all between the 2010 and 2020 census.
lol this is what I'm talking about.
Why is everyone ignoring what OP's actually talking about?
"At nearly 30 acres, Miami Worldcenter achieves the heights of a world-class destination. It is within walking distance of over $3 billion in new public and private projects in mass transit, cultural institutions, recreational parks, and entertainment venues. A dynamic urban core of diversity and excitement"
"At nearly 30 acres, Miami Worldcenter achieves the heights of a world-class destination. It is within walking distance of over $3 billion in new public and private projects in mass transit, cultural institutions, recreational parks, and entertainment venues. A dynamic urban core of diversity and excitement"
Miami World Center seems neat and all, but it’s really MiamiCentral that’s more significant. That brings in commuter and regional rail into the city center with connections to the heavy rail and people mover system. That’s going to bring in people without cars and the streetscape will shift to reflect that which will bring more people into walking the streets.
Miami’s full of self-annointed game changing developments, but I think MiamiCentral is really the only one that by itself might make a dramatic difference. The other developments are just one of many developments that are collectively creating a more urban Miami, but nothing major in and of themselves.
Miami World Center seems neat and all, but it’s really MiamiCentral that’s more significant. That brings in commuter and regional rail into the city center with connections to the heavy rail and people mover system. That’s going to bring in people without cars and the streetscape will shift to reflect that which will bring more people into walking the streets.
Miami’s full of self-annointed game changing developments, but I think MiamiCentral is really the only one that by itself might make a dramatic difference. The other developments are just one of many developments that are collectively creating a more urban Miami, but nothing major in and of themselves.
Miami is a great city with high growth, but its weakness will be global warming/flooding. Weather is also an issue in the Summer. it’s also a little far from the rest of the population, so most have to fly to get there, so few manufacturers will put plants there.
Miami is a great city with high growth, but its weakness will be global warming/flooding. Weather is also an issue in the Summer. it’s also a little far from the rest of the population, so most have to fly to get there, so few manufacturers will put plants there.
Miami-Dade County has 2.63 million people and Metro area is 6 million besides Miami/South Beach you have Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach also other cities. Brightline train will connect Orlando to Miami in three hours by 2021 construction already started. They looking at adding Jacksonville, Tampa in 2020s after Orlando.
"At nearly 30 acres, Miami Worldcenter achieves the heights of a world-class destination. It is within walking distance of over $3 billion in new public and private projects in mass transit, cultural institutions, recreational parks, and entertainment venues. A dynamic urban core of diversity and excitement"
Miami world center is being built along the coast near American Airlines Arena. Miami has tons of development running linear along the water. The difference in urban feeling for Miami will be in development away from the water in the neighborhoods.
Miami world center is being built along the coast near American Airlines Arena. Miami has tons of development running linear along the water. The difference in urban feeling for Miami will be in development away from the water in the neighborhoods.
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