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Brickell ( ) is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida located directly east of
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, south of the historic CBD, and north of Coconut Grove. Brickell is known as the financial district in Miami, as well as
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. Brickell was founded in the mid-19th century, growing to become Miami's " Millionaire's Row" in the early 20th century after the construction of lavish mansions along Brickell Avenue by
Mary Brickell William Brickell (May 22, 1817(?) – January 14, 1908) joined Julia Tuttle as a co-founder of Miami, Florida. During the Civil War, Brickell and his wife Mary, whom he met and married in Australia, lived in the White House while he worked as an ...
; both the avenue and neighborhood were named for Ms. Brickell and her husband, William Brickell. By the 1970s, office towers, hotels and apartments began replacing the historic mansions. Brickell overtook the city's central business district to the north, as one of the largest financial districts in the United States. With a fast-growing residential population, Brickell is Miami's most dense neighborhood, with a 2010 population of about 31,000.


Media

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Brickell Magazine ''Brickell Magazine'' is a magazine headquartered in Miami, Florida. It is published by TAG Media, Inc. It is distributed to residences and businesses in Miami's financial district, which is often referred to as "The Manhattan of the South" and "T ...
'' is a magazine covering Brickell and Downtown Miami. Launched in 2008, it is published by TAG Media, Inc.
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is the editor-in-chief.


Background

Brickell is a dense, high-rise residential neighborhood with many upscale, luxury condominium and apartment towers. Brickell Avenue, Brickell's main north–south avenue and along with
Miami Avenue Miami Avenue is a main north–south street running through Coconut Grove, Brickell, Downtown, and Midtown in Miami, Florida. It is the meridian road dividing the street grid of Miami and Miami-Dade County into east and west avenues. Route ...
, is home to many popular Miami restaurants, shops, art galleries, and places of entertainment. A few hundred feet east of the northeastern side of Brickell is
Brickell Key Brickell Key is a man-made island off the mainland Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Also called Claughton Island, the neighborhood is just east of Downtown Miami and the Miami River. History In 1896, Henry Flagler organized a deep chan ...
, an island of high-rise residential and hotel towers, including the Mandarin Oriental. , over 190,000 office employees work in greater Downtown. Today, greater Downtown Miami is one of the fastest-growing neighborhoods in Miami, booming from 40,000 residents in 2000 to 80,000 in 2010. Brickell is served by the
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at the
Brickell station Brickell station is a Metrorail rapid transit station in Miami, Florida, serving the system's Green and Orange Lines. One of the core stations of Miami's public transport network, it serves the financial district of Brickell. Combined, the Metrora ...
and by 5 stations of the Metromover's Brickell Loop.


Banking and consulates

As South Florida's financial district, Brickell is the core of Miami's banking, investment, and financial sectors. Additionally, along with Downtown Miami, Brickell has most of the state's foreign consulates, including the consulates of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France,
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, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru,
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Geography

Brickell lies immediately east of
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, including Southwest 3rd Avenue, and extends to the Biscayne Bay. Brickell extends north to the Miami River and south to SW 26th Road (the Rickenbacker Causeway). The neighborhood comprises mostly financial and residential buildings north of Broadway (Southwest 15th Road), and mostly residential buildings south of Broadway. Brickell is home to 31,759 year-round residents. Although Brickell was known as a financial district, in recent years, construction of numerous residential and mixed-use towers has reshaped the neighborhood into a residential community. Brickell now offers residents a walkable lifestyle, where work and entertainment converge. Ongoing development has expanded the dense urban core of Brickell from Brickell Avenue west to Interstate I95, making the Metrorail line and new and expanding Underline Park the center of the neighborhood. As of 2010, 80,000 residents live in Brickell, among them, famous celebrities such as
José José José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (17 February 1948 – 28 September 2019), known professionally as José José, was a Mexican singer and actor. Born into a family of musicians, José began his musical career in his early teens playing guitar and sin ...
,
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, Clinton Portis,
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and
Marc Anthony Marco Antonio Muñiz Rivera (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. A three-time Grammy Award and six-time Latin Gra ...
. Within Brickell is
Mary Brickell Village The Shops at Mary Brickell Village is a lifestyle center located in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It has become a very popular downtown destination through bringing new stores and eateries to the area. Mary Brickell Village is serve ...
, which was the center of the neighborhood’s entertainment district when it opened in 2006. It remains to be a popular gathering spot that includes restaurants, boutique retail shops, and a variety of service providers. The project design was inspired by a mediterranean-style village with open squares that facilitate social gatherings and entertainment events. It’s design now contrasts to the steel Manhattan-like skyscrapers that surround it, but offers a welcoming scale more akin to coastal Mediterranean villages in Europe. Plans are in place to redevelop a portion of this space. To the north of Brickell is
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, with most of the area's public elementary schools and Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus. Downtown is also home to the Miami Main Library, as well as various parks, theatres, museums, and sporting venues. South of Brickell is Coconut Grove, with Mercy Hospital,
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, Dinner Key,
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, as well as many historic sites and parks. Coconut Grove also has many of Miami's best private schools, such as Ransom Everglades, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, and Immaculata-Lasalle High School. West of Brickell is Little Havana, extending from Interstate I95 westward. East of Brickell is Biscayne Bay, and eastward along the Rickenbacker Causeway, is Virginia Key and Key Biscayne. Both keys have many public beaches, nature preserves, parks, and various other cultural venues. Also east, along the
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is
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.


Demographics

As of 2010, the population of Brickell had 27,776 people, with a population density of 37,622 per square mile, making it one of the densest neighborhoods in the United States. In the 2010 US Census, the racial makeup of Brickell was 62.0% Hispanic of any race, 33.2% White (non-Hispanic), 1.6%
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, and 1.4% Black. The zip codes for Brickell include 33129, 33130, and 33131. The area covers . Many of its daily occupants work in banking, law, and finance. As of 2000, there were 5,557 males and 5,972 females. The median age for males was 38.4 years old, while the median age for females was 40.6 years old. The average household size had 1.8 people, while the average family size had 2.6 members. The percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 30.3%, while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 8.5%, and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 4.3%. The percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over was 20.2%, while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 16.0%. As of 2000, the percentage of people who speak English not well or not at all made up 27.7% of the population. The percentage of residents born in Florida was 17.1%, the percentage of people born in another U.S. state was 13.7%, and the percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S. was 3.9%, while the percentage of foreign-born residents was 65.3%. Brickell is a highly educated and affluent neighborhood. As of 2014, an estimated 75% of residents older than 25 hold at least a bachelors level degree with 34% holding an advanced degree. The approximate average household income of $125,500 is more than twice the average for the City of Miami.


Education and institutions


Elementary schools

Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates area public schools: *Southside Elementary School Private schools: *First Presbyterian International Christian School (Christian) *Gordon Day School (Jewish) *Prima Casa Montessori School


Colleges and universities

* Florida International University ( Downtown Campus), a public university * University of Miami, a private research university in neighboring
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Libraries

* Miami Main Library


Places of worship

Places of worship in the Brickell neighborhood include: *First Presbyterian Church of Miami *Crossbridge Church in Brickell *
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*The Rok Family Shul: Chabad Downtown Jewish Center *Beth David Congregation


Transportation

Brickell is served by Metrobus throughout the area, the
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, and the Metromover: Metrorail: * Brickell (SW 11th Street and 1st Avenue) Metromover: * Brickell Loop Public Transportation in the
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/Brickell area is used more than in any other part of Miami and is a vital part of Brickell's life. Metrorail, Miami's
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system, has one station in Brickell at the
Brickell Station Brickell station is a Metrorail rapid transit station in Miami, Florida, serving the system's Green and Orange Lines. One of the core stations of Miami's public transport network, it serves the financial district of Brickell. Combined, the Metrora ...
. In addition to Metrorail, the Metromover train system runs 3 lines throughout Downtown (the Downtown Loop, the Omni Loop, and the Brickell Loop). The Metromover connects with Metrorail and is free. Metromover stations can be found at roughly every two blocks in Brickell. Metrorail has stops throughout Miami with connections to Miami International Airport, all Miami-Dade County bus lines,
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and Amtrak. The main bus station in Downtown is located next to the Arsht Center at the Adrienne Arsht Center Station. Plans are in place to connect the Metrorail to Midtown and South Beach. As an urban and pedestrian-friendly area with an extensive public transit network, Brickell (along with
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, Omni, and
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) is one of the areas in Miami where a car-free lifestyle is commonplace. Many Brickellites get around by foot, bicycle, scooter, Metromover, taxi, or ride share app. The Metromover is a popular alternative to walking in the area, especially on rainy, hot or cold days, as the Metromover is free, and stations are located roughly every two blocks throughout the area. Recently, the City of Miami, along with the Downtown Development Authority, has begun bicycle initiatives promoting citywide bike parking and
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, which have made bicycling much more popular for residents.
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and bike sharrows are currently planned for the majority of Downtown streets to be painted by the end of 2010. Decobike, the popular bike-sharing program in Miami Beach, has announced a launch in Brickell/Downtown Miami in mid-2014. The
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is a popular bicycle commuter route that connects
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to Downtown. The Rickenbacker Causeway is very popular on weekends for recreational bicyclists, and often, bicycles can outnumber cars on the causeway.


Taxis and Ride Share Services

Taxis and ride share services, like Uber and Alto, are popular in Brickell, especially from Brickell to
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, Design District or to Coconut Grove. Since many Brickell residents choose to not have cars, taxis and ride share services are also popular for rides within Downtown neighborhoods, especially after midnight when the Metromover stops running. Taxis can be hailed on the street or telephoned, and ride sharing services can be ordered using mobile apps.


Brickell skyscrapers


Office towers

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Brickell World Plaza The Brickell World Plaza, also known as 600 Brickell, and formerly known as the Brickell Financial Center, is an office skyscraper in Miami, Florida, United States in the Downtown neighborhood and financial district of Brickell at 600 Brickell ...
*Colonnade Plaza * Four Seasons Hotel Miami *
1450 Brickell 1450 Brickell, is an all-office skyscraper in the City of Miami, Florida, United States. It is 540 feet (165 m) tall with 35 floors. It is adjacent to One Broadway (Miami), One Broadway in Downtown Miami's southern Miami Financial District, Bricke ...
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Brickell Arch Brickell Arch is an office skyscraper in Brickell in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. It was designed by the architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC (KPF). The , 36-story building is located on the southern end of Brickell A ...
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Sabadell Financial Center The Sabadell Financial Center is an office building in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. The tower is in height and has 31 floors. It is located in the northern Brickell Financial District of Miami, on Brickell Avenue and Southeast 12th St ...
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Brickell Financial Centre The Brickell World Plaza, also known as 600 Brickell, and formerly known as the Brickell Financial Center, is an office skyscraper in Miami, Florida, United States in the Downtown Miami, Downtown neighborhood and financial district of Brickell ...
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701 Brickell Avenue 701 Brickell Avenue, is an office skyscraper in the Brickell district of Miami, Florida, United States. It is located on Brickell Avenue in the northern Miami Financial District, Brickell Financial District, just three blocks from Biscayne Bay. T ...
*Colonnade Plaza * Brickell Bay Office Tower *Latitude One International Business Center *
Brickell Bayview Center Brickell Bayview Center, also known as the Brickell City Tower, is a skyscraper in the Brickell financial district of Miami, Florida, USA, at 80 SW 8th Street. The building is about with 30 floors and was designed in 1984 by South Miami architect ...
*Brickell City Tower *830 Brickell


Residential towers

* Brickell Ten * 500 Brickell West Tower * 500 Brickell East Tower *
Brickell House Brickell House is a condominium tower in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It was built by Newgard Development Group. Proposed in 2011, the tower stands at roughly with 46 floors and is opened in 2014. Construction began in spring of 2 ...
* Asia *
Jade at Brickell Bay The United States, U.S. city of Miami, Florida has the List of tallest buildings in the United States, country's third-tallest skyline (after New York City and List of tallest buildings in Chicago, Chicago) with 439 high-rises, over 100 of ...
*Emerald at Brickell *Costa Bella *
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The Mark on Brickell The U.S. city of Miami, Florida has the country's third-tallest skyline (after New York City and Chicago) with 439 high-rises, over 100 of which stand taller than and 65 which are taller than . The tallest building in the city is t ...
*The Four Ambassadors * Santa Maria * Plaza on Brickell North Tower * Plaza on Brickell South Tower * Axis at Brickell North Tower * Axis at Brickell South Tower *The Fortune House Hotel - Hotel and condos * Four Seasons - Hotel and condos *Skyline *Brickell Mar *Brickell Place Phase I *Brickell Place Phase II *Brickell View West * Brickell on the River North Tower * Brickell on the River South Tower * Avenue on Brickell East Tower * Avenue on Brickell West Tower *
Latitude on the River Latitude on the River is a complex of residential and office towers in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. The complex consists of the 44-story north tower (476 ft / 145 m) Latitude on the River and the 23-story, 93 meter south tower L ...
* The Palace * Atlantis Condominium *
Solitair Brickell Solitair Brickell is a high-rise apartment building in the Brickell district of Miami, Florida, USA. It contains 420 apartments and is about high with 48 floors when completed in 2017. The building was built in the place of a ramp to a parking g ...
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* One Broadway *
One Tequesta Point Tequesta Point is a complex of residential high-rises in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. It consists of three skyscraper buildings located on Brickell Key, an urban island to the east of the Central Business District. Three Tequesta Poin ...
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Carbonell Condominium Carbonell Condominium is a residential high-rise building located in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. The tower is one of the tallest buildings located on Brickell Key, a small island located due east of Brickell at the mouth of the ...
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The Club at Brickell Bay The U.S. city of Miami, Florida has the country's third-tallest skyline (after New York City and Chicago) with 439 high-rises, over 100 of which stand taller than and 65 which are taller than . The tallest building in the city is the 85 ...
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* Icon Brickell North Tower * Icon Brickell South Tower * Viceroy Tower *The Sail *Neo Vertika * Two Tequesta Point * Three Tequesta Point *Villa Regina *
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*The Yacht Club *
Brickell Heights Brickell Heights are two twin towers in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Together, the towers have 690 units with a ground floor Equinox Gym. Ground for the towers was broken in 2014 following the groundbreaking of SLS Brickell.The ...
- West Tower *
Brickell Heights Brickell Heights are two twin towers in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Together, the towers have 690 units with a ground floor Equinox Gym. Ground for the towers was broken in 2014 following the groundbreaking of SLS Brickell.The ...
- East Tower * SLS Lux * 1100 Millecento * 1060 Brickell (previously Avenue on Brickell East Tower) * 1050 Brickell (previously Avenue on Brickell West Tower) * The Bond on Brickell


Parks

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Simpson Park Hammock Simpson Park, officially Simpson Park Hammock, is a urban park and nature preserve located between Brickell and The Roads neighborhoods of Miami, Florida. The park was originally known as Jungle Park, as were set aside in 1913 by a group of indi ...
- (nature preserve) S. Miami Ave and Broadway *
Alice Wainwright Park Alice Wainwright Park is a waterfront park and nature preserve located in northern Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, U.S.A., on the southern border of Brickell. It is named for Alice C. Wainwright, who was the first woman elected to serve on the Ci ...
- (nature preserve) Brickell Ave and the Rickenbacker Causeway *Southside Park- SW 1st Ave and SW 11th St *Allen Morris Brickell Park- SE 10th St and SE 1st Ave *Brickell Park- Brickell Ave and SE 5th St * Miami Circle- Brickell Avenue Bridge (next to Icon Brickell towers) *Brickell Key Park- 805 Claughton Island Dr


Historic Brickell

With rapid urbanization over the decades, very little remains of the original character of Brickell. Brickell was originally platted for
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s and large homes by
Mary Brickell William Brickell (May 22, 1817(?) – January 14, 1908) joined Julia Tuttle as a co-founder of Miami, Florida. During the Civil War, Brickell and his wife Mary, whom he met and married in Australia, lived in the White House while he worked as an ...
, which thus led to the name "Millionaire's Row." With the growth of the city, especially in the 1970s onwards, Brickell's character began to change with the construction of high-rise office towers along Brickell Avenue, and high-rise residential towers in lower Brickell, south of SE 15th Road (Broadway). A commercial boom in the 1980s brought mass construction of office towers to Brickell, and subsequent construction, would further change the neighborhood into the dense, urban, residential and commercial neighborhood it is today. Some of the historic buildings remaining in Brickell can be seen in the photos below. While not a registered historic landmark, Brickell is home to
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, which claimed to be Miami's oldest bar, in business since 1912, with a now-demolished building built in 1915. File:Brickell Mausoleum, Miami, Florida - IMG 7996.JPG,
Brickell Mausoleum The Brickell Mausoleum is a historic mausoleum located in Miami, Florida at 501 Brickell Avenue. On January 4, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United ...
at Brickell Park, built in 1921 File:Miami Circle 20110307.jpg, Miami Circle, Tequesta Indian burial grounds, circa 310-10 AD File:Dr.JamesM.JacksonOffice.jpg,
Dr. James M. Jackson Office The Dr. James Madison Jackson Office is a historic site in Miami, Florida. It is located at 190 Southeast 12th Terrace. The first resident physician of Miami, Dr. James M. Jackson, had his office and surgery in this building. More recently, it b ...
, first physician's office in Miami, 1905 File:Miami FL Southside School01.jpg, Southside School, 1900-1924 File:Stjudechurch.jpg, St. Jude Catholic Church, 1946 File:Miami FL Fire Station 4-01.jpg, Fire Station No. 4, 1922 File:229 SW 9 Street Miami FL 33130 historic apartment 1925.jpg, One of few remaining original Brickell buildings, in west Brickell, 1925


Gallery

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Miami Avenue Miami Avenue is a main north–south street running through Coconut Grove, Brickell, Downtown, and Midtown in Miami, Florida. It is the meridian road dividing the street grid of Miami and Miami-Dade County into east and west avenues. Route ...
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Brickell Key Brickell Key is a man-made island off the mainland Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Also called Claughton Island, the neighborhood is just east of Downtown Miami and the Miami River. History In 1896, Henry Flagler organized a deep chan ...
File:Espirito Santo Plaza Downtown Miami 20100206.jpg,
Brickell Arch Brickell Arch is an office skyscraper in Brickell in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. It was designed by the architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC (KPF). The , 36-story building is located on the southern end of Brickell A ...
File:Axis at Brickell Village Towers.jpg,
Axis at Brickell Village Axis at Brickell Village is a high-rise building complex in the Brickell district of Miami, Florida. The complex, designed by the renowned Arquitectonica architecture firm, consists of two residential twin towers, Axis at Brickell Village North T ...
File:701 Brickell Avenue.jpg,
701 Brickell Avenue 701 Brickell Avenue, is an office skyscraper in the Brickell district of Miami, Florida, United States. It is located on Brickell Avenue in the northern Miami Financial District, Brickell Financial District, just three blocks from Biscayne Bay. T ...
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Brickell City Tower Brickell Bayview Center, also known as the Brickell City Tower, is a skyscraper in the Brickell financial district of Miami, Florida, USA, at 80 SW 8th Street. The building is about with 30 floors and was designed in 1984 by South Miami architect ...
File:Plaza on Brickell.jpg, Plaza on Brickell towers File:Atlantiscondominium.jpg, Atlantis Condominium File:Brickellavenue.jpg, Brickell Avenue File:Brickell 01.jpg, Upper Brickell before recent construction boom File:DaySouth.jpg, Lower Brickell before recent construction boom File:Northern Brickell skyline at night 20081203.jpg, The northern Brickell skyline at night as seen from the Mandarin Oriental on
Brickell Key Brickell Key is a man-made island off the mainland Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Also called Claughton Island, the neighborhood is just east of Downtown Miami and the Miami River. History In 1896, Henry Flagler organized a deep chan ...
File:Miami Underconstruction.jpg, Brickell skyscrapers under construction in 2006 File:Brickell Cloudy Day.jpg, Cloudy day in Brickell, Summer of 2016.


See also

* List of tallest buildings in Miami * Brickell Avenue * Downtown Miami * Miami Circle


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