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===Cityscape=== {{See also|List of tallest buildings in Miami|Miami Modern architecture}} {{Wide image|Downtown Miami Panorama from the Rusty Pelican photo D Ramey Logan.jpg|800px|[[Greater Downtown Miami|Downtown Miami]] and seen from across [[Biscayne Bay]] from [[Virginia Key]] in November 2014}} {{Wide image|Downtown Miami, Miami, FL, USA - panoramio (15).jpg|800px|Northern [[Greater Downtown Miami|Downtown Miami]] overlooking [[Interstate 95]] in February 2014}} {{Wide image|DowntownMiamiPanorama.jpg|800px|[[Greater Downtown Miami|Downtown]] as seen from [[PortMiami]] in January 2009}} ====Neighborhoods==== {{Main|Neighborhoods in Miami}}{{stack|float=right| [[File:Miamihighpoint.jpg|thumb|A view from one of the higher points in Miami, west of [[Greater Downtown Miami|Downtown Miami]]. The highest natural point in Miami is in [[Coconut Grove]], near [[Biscayne Bay]] along the [[Miami Rock Ridge]] at {{convert|24|ft|m}} [[Meters above sea level|above sea level]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitman |first=Dean |date=September 1997 |title=Notes on the geology and Water Resources of South Florida |url=http://www2.fiu.edu/~whitmand/Courses/Fl_geo_notes.html |access-date=January 11, 2011 |website=Notes on Florida Geology |publisher=[[Florida International University]] |archive-date=November 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125082338/http://www2.fiu.edu/~whitmand/Courses/Fl_geo_notes.html |url-status=live }}</ref>]] [[File:Old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Miami, Florida).jpg|thumb|The historic district of [[Greater Downtown Miami|Downtown Miami]] is one of the city's oldest with buildings constructed as far back as 1896.]] [[File:Miami neighborhoodsmap.png|thumb|A map of Miami's neighborhoods]] }} Miami is split roughly into north, south, west, and Downtown areas. The heart of the city is [[Greater Downtown Miami|Downtown Miami]], which is on the eastern side and includes the neighborhoods of [[Brickell]], [[Virginia Key]], [[Watson Island]], and [[PortMiami]]. Downtown Miami is Florida's largest and most influential central business district, with many major banks, courthouses, financial headquarters, cultural and tourist attractions, schools, parks, and a large residential population. [[Brickell Avenue]] has the largest concentration of international banks in the United States. Just northwest of Downtown is the [[Health District (Miami)|Health District]], which is Miami's center for hospitals, [[research institute]]s and [[biotechnology]], with hospitals such as [[Jackson Memorial Hospital]], [[Bascom Palmer Eye Institute]], and the [[University of Miami]]'s [[Miller School of Medicine]].<ref name="neighborhoods">{{Cite web |title=Neighborhoods in Miami |url=http://www.miami-americabeach.com/about_us/Neighborhoods_in_Miami.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314095512/http://www.miami-americabeach.com/about_us/Neighborhoods_in_Miami.html |archive-date=March 14, 2017 |access-date=April 1, 2019 |website=miami-americabeach.com}}</ref> The southern side of Miami includes the neighborhoods of [[Coral Way]], [[The Roads]], and [[Coconut Grove]]. Coral Way is a historic residential neighborhood built in 1922 between Downtown and [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]], and is home to many old homes and tree-lined streets. Coconut Grove, settled in 1825, and annexed into Miami in 1925, is a historic neighborhood with narrow, winding roads and a heavy tree canopy.<ref name="neighborhoods" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gazaleh |first=Mark |title=Coconut Grove β West Grove tree canopy variations over time |url=https://www.academia.edu/26538827 |date=May 2016 |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410012835/https://www.academia.edu/26538827 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the location of Miami's City Hall at [[Dinner Key]], the former [[Coconut Grove Playhouse]], [[CocoWalk]], and the [[Coconut Grove Convention Center]]. It is home to many [[nightclub]]s, bars, restaurants, and [[Bohemianism|bohemian]] shops, which makes it very popular with local [[college student]]s. Coconut Grove is known for its many parks and gardens, such as [[Vizcaya Museum and Gardens|Vizcaya Museum]], [[The Kampong]], [[The Barnacle Historic State Park]], and numerous other historic homes and estates.<ref name="neighborhoods" /> The western side of Miami includes the neighborhoods of [[Little Havana]], [[West Flagler]], and [[Flagami]]. Although at one time a mostly Jewish neighborhood, today western Miami is home to immigrants from mostly Central America and [[Cuba]]. The west central neighborhood of [[Allapattah]] is a multicultural community of many ethnicities.<ref name="neighborhoods" /> The northern side of Miami includes [[Midtown Miami|Midtown]], a district with a great mix of diversity ranging from Caribbeans to Central Americans, South Americans and Europeans. The [[Edgewater (Miami)|Edgewater]] neighborhood of Midtown is mostly composed of high-rise residential towers and is home to the [[Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts]]. [[Wynwood Art District|Wynwood]] is an art district with ten galleries in former warehouses, as well as a large outdoor mural project. The wealthier residents of Miami usually live in the [[Miami Design District|Design District]] and the [[Upper Eastside]], which has many 1920s homes as well as examples of [[Miami Modern architecture]] in the MiMo Historic District.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=MIMO Biscayne Boulevard Historic District |url=http://mimoboulevard.org/what-is-mimo/about-the-historic-district/ |access-date=July 23, 2021 |website=MIMO Biscayne Association |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723234834/http://mimoboulevard.org/what-is-mimo/about-the-historic-district/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The northern side of Miami also has notable African-American and [[Caribbean]] immigrant communities, including [[Little Haiti]], [[Overtown (Miami)|Overtown]] (home of the [[Lyric Theater (Miami)|Lyric Theater]]), and [[Liberty City (Miami)|Liberty City]].<ref name="neighborhoods" />
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