Government Center is a district in the western portion of downtown Miami, Florida bound roughly by I-95 and West (NW/SW) 3rd Avenue to the west, South (SW/SE) 1st Street to the south, North (NE/NW) 5th Street to the north, and East (NE/SE) 1st Avenue to the east. The area includes several courthouses, including the historic Miami-Dade County Courthouse and a US district court, the City of Miami police headquarters, city, county, and state offices. The eponymous and most used county transit station, Government Center, serving Metrorail, Metromover, and Metrobus, is located in the bottom of the

Stephen P. Clark Government Center The Stephen P. Clark Government Center, known also as Government Center, Miami-Dade Center, or County Hall, is a skyscraper in the Government Center district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. It is the headquarters building of the Mia ...

building. Directly south of this is the main branch of the

Miami-Dade Public Library System The Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) is a system of libraries in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Governance The Miami-Dade Public Library System is a county department within Miami-Dade county government. The Board of County Commissioner ...

, as well as the HistoryMiami museum.

Henry Flagler Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founde ...

's Florida East Coast Railroad owns roughly nine acres in the middle of Government Center, the site of its former Miami station, which spans several blocks. While the station was destroyed in 1963 and the site had been used as surface parking lots in the decades following, the railroad never gave up ownership of the property. In mid 2014, the lots were closed down for construction of the MiamiCentral intercity rail station, as part of the Brightline system. Besides governmental office and public buildings, there are many street level retail shops and some private office space in Government Center. The New World School of the Arts is located on the east side of Government Center, adjacent to Miami-Dade College's Wolfson Campus. Additionally, there is much historic architecture dating as far back as the late 19th century in Government Center, which overlaps largely with the Downtown Miami Historic District.

Notable locations

* Government Center (MDT station) * MiamiCentral railroad station *

Courthouse Center (Miami) Courthouse Center is a government office tower in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. The Courthouse Center was built in 1986 and contains 100% office space. It has 30 floors, and is 405 ft (123 m) tall. The building's architecture is dis ...

Courthouse Tower A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...

* Miami-Dade County Courthouse * Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr US Courthouse *

David W. Dyer Federal Building and United States Courthouse The David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, formerly known simply as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, is an historic United States Post Office and federal courthouse of the United States District Court for the Southern District of ...

Old United States Post Office and Courthouse (Miami, Florida) The Old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Miami, Florida. It is located at 100-118 Northeast 1st Avenue. Constructed over three years (1912–14), it was designed by Kiehnel and Elliott and Oscar Wenderoth. It was added ...

* HistoryMiami *

Museum Tower (Miami) The Museum Tower is a high-rise office building located in the Government Center district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. As its name implies, the building is situated across the street from HistoryMiami (and the former Miami Art Muse ...

* Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial High School *City of Miami Police headquarters building *Rhode state office building * Claude Pepper Federal Building * New World School of the Arts

Gallery

File:Government Center building from the Miami Main Library.JPG, The Stephen P. Clark Government Center building viewed from the Main Library and HistoryMiami courtyard File:Occupy Miami at Government Center.jpg, Occupy Miami in Government Center File:Miami Critical Mass at Government Center.jpg, Critical Mass Miami assembles in Government Center File:Miami Government Center from East.jpg, Government Center Metrorail and Metromover station is located at the bottom of the Stephen P. Clark Government Center building. Government Center Metrobus hub is two blocks north.

References

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