Miami Research Paper
Abstract In recent years Miami has expanded in many ways. Developers, foreigners, are once again investing in one of the most visited touristic places in the United States. Mainly, downtown Miami has redeveloped even if the economic crisis is still happening. The new era of Miami respects the nature, adapting and reimagining proven tropical building methods. The result is modern. Many positive and negative effects have happened through the years, allowing the city to make successful decisions and to learn from the mistakes as well. Sometimes learning the hard way but at the end of the day everything has happened for the better of the city and its population. The following report will explain in detail how the city has developed and redeveloped through the years, specifically from the founding of the city in 1896 through 1945. Then from 1946 thru 1980, and last from 1981 to the present. Every period will be analyzed and explained, describing how it happened and what impact did it have in the city, mainly in the downtown area.
Introduction
The city of Miami (Downtown area) is located on the southern side of the …show more content…
state of Florida under the county of Miami Dade. July 28th, 1896 Julia Tuttle founded the city of Miami, becoming known as the man made paradise, the city is definitely one of the most important cities in the world and a very multicultural one because people from all around the world visit everyday, everyone leaving something behind, creating a very diverse city in every sense. Miami has had ups and downs and it can be said that those changes had been recorded through the years via architecture, culture, etc. Architecture has played a big role in the development and redevelopment of the city through out the years. Every story in Miami can be seen through its architecture, every building tells a story and preserves an era of Miami.
1896 thru 1945
Julia Tuttle was a Cleveland native that decided to move to Southern Florida to start a new life after her husband, Frederick Tuttle, passed away. When she moved to Miami she was struggling financially, but that didn’t stop her from purchasing 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River, what we know today as Downtown Miami. Later, Tuttle tried to persuade railroad magnate Henry Flagler to expand his rail line, but he initially declined. On 1895, Flagler ended up contacting Tuttle and William and Mary Brickell, his back offer was that he would develop and extend his development as long as they accepted to give him land in exchange. All this for the better and evolution of the city. After these agreements, Miami growth increased rapidly until World War II. In 1900, 2,000 people lived in Miami, Florida, and 20 years later, there were 29,549 people. After that rapid growth in the city, the need for more land to build was becoming obvious.
Beginning in 1906, canals and multiple improvements were made to reroute some of the water from those lands. At the beginning of the 1920’s, law enforcement of the city started allowing gambling and became lenient in regulation prohibition, causing that thousands migrated from the north of the country to the Miami area.
These events caused land boom in Miami, high rises started to get built. Even though Miami was already growing rapidly, from 1920 to 1923 the population doubled because of the many people moving from other places.
In spite of this, the land boom started to fade due to overload on the transportation system because of the many bulky materials being transported for construction. All those things caused that the cost of living increased and was almost impossible to find an affordable place to live. The economy started to fail do to a Category 4 storm. Thousands were left homeless in Miami and later the great depression happened causing unemployment. Architecture started redeveloping around 1930’s, when the Art Deco district was developed. Miami was one of the few cities that remained almost unaffected by the war. High rises already built and other structures remained almost intact.
Buildings like the Freedom Tower were constructed during this time. The building opened on July 26, 1925. It was used as the newspaper’s headquarters and printing facility. It is also considered the “Ellis Island of the South” because between 1962 through 1974 it offered nationally sanctioned relief to the Cuban refugees. The Freedom Tower was one of the highest building in Miami at that time. It reached 17 stories and contained 82,000 square feet of space, a significant achievement at that time. The Freedom Tower is a Spanish and Italian Renaissance-style building that contains many features of the era like its rose color, the oak main doors, a cast iron decorative transom, iron balconies, Corinthian capitals on the columns, and cast concrete cherubs.
1946 thru 1980
Following the 1950’s Cuban revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power, Many Cubans started migrating to Miami from Havana, all this migration started to take an effect in Miami, creating new neighborhoods with Cuban concentration, known as little Havana.
Miami Modern Architecture, was an architectural style that begun in Miami around 1960’s.
During the 1960’s many universities, schools, malls and different retail stores started to become more and more popular, starting to create and time of prosperity in every aspect because it allowed construction to take place and that allowed economy to flow positively. Also, since not only Cuban were migrating to the city, people like, Haitians were also moving to miami and that created some more neighborhoods like little Haiti, just like what happened with Cubans years
before.
The David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse is a skillful example to mention. It has Mediterranean Revival architecture combined with Renaissance Revival elements and with regional Florida architectural features. It is façade is made with Keystone and it is three stories height. Its prominent architectural features are the elaborate classical façade, the interior courtyard and galleries, and the ceremonial courtroom. Its principal façade is facing eat onto First Avenue. It is dominated by Corinthian columns that supports the classical entablature crowing of the second story. Also, repeating chevron patterns are seen in the cast-aluminum casement window frames. Other features like corhinthian pilasters, carved marble frieze, carved Floridene buff marble, and ornate mascaron (carved faces) are noted in the Federal Building.
1981 to present
In 1992, Hurricane Andrew blew Miami area, causing more than $20 billion in damage. By 1996, the Mayor’s office and City Commission left Miami with the title of the United States’ 4th poorest city. Nevertheless, in the latter half of the 2000-2010 decade, an extensive boom of high rise architecture was seen in Miami, a “Miami Manhattanization” wave. The construction of many tallest building was starting to emerge. This boom transformed the look of downtown Miami into one of the largest skylines in the United States, which is now compared with New York City and Chicago. In the present day, Downtown Miami is known for its residential high-rises sparkling skyline. It is becoming the cultural heart of city.
In 2006, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts by Cesar Pelli was completed. It is a 500,000 square feet structure. It is the premier performing arts center in Florida and the second largest in the United States. The Arsht Center involves two main structures, the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House and the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall. They are composed of a series of stepped masses clad in light beige granite. Both building are a large glass and steel curtain walls at the entries, with a contemporary and crystalline expression. Other architecture features the Adrienne Arsht Center includes colonnades, cascading garden terraces, and paving pattern based on Afro-Caribbean designs.
Historic preservation has been a challenge in Miami, Fl. Through its history, Miami has been equally bothersome with fast growth in population and development. Since 2000, a very important amount of historic buildings has been demolished to make high-rises. Buildings like the Freedom Tower, the Miami Dade County Courthouse and many others have the charm of the old city, and they are an inspiration and reverence to the city because without them it will very easy to forget old Miami.
Downtown Miami is now a very large area with a cultural, financial, and commercial center combination. Downtown Miami has grown and physically expanded very fast becoming the fastest-growing area in Miami. It is now home to many major museums, parks, education centers, banks, company headquarters, government offices, theaters, shops and many other buildings.
Introduction
The city of Miami (Downtown area) is located on the southern side of the …show more content…
state of Florida under the county of Miami Dade. July 28th, 1896 Julia Tuttle founded the city of Miami, becoming known as the man made paradise, the city is definitely one of the most important cities in the world and a very multicultural one because people from all around the world visit everyday, everyone leaving something behind, creating a very diverse city in every sense. Miami has had ups and downs and it can be said that those changes had been recorded through the years via architecture, culture, etc. Architecture has played a big role in the development and redevelopment of the city through out the years. Every story in Miami can be seen through its architecture, every building tells a story and preserves an era of Miami.
1896 thru 1945
Julia Tuttle was a Cleveland native that decided to move to Southern Florida to start a new life after her husband, Frederick Tuttle, passed away. When she moved to Miami she was struggling financially, but that didn’t stop her from purchasing 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River, what we know today as Downtown Miami. Later, Tuttle tried to persuade railroad magnate Henry Flagler to expand his rail line, but he initially declined. On 1895, Flagler ended up contacting Tuttle and William and Mary Brickell, his back offer was that he would develop and extend his development as long as they accepted to give him land in exchange. All this for the better and evolution of the city. After these agreements, Miami growth increased rapidly until World War II. In 1900, 2,000 people lived in Miami, Florida, and 20 years later, there were 29,549 people. After that rapid growth in the city, the need for more land to build was becoming obvious.
Beginning in 1906, canals and multiple improvements were made to reroute some of the water from those lands. At the beginning of the 1920’s, law enforcement of the city started allowing gambling and became lenient in regulation prohibition, causing that thousands migrated from the north of the country to the Miami area.
These events caused land boom in Miami, high rises started to get built. Even though Miami was already growing rapidly, from 1920 to 1923 the population doubled because of the many people moving from other places.
In spite of this, the land boom started to fade due to overload on the transportation system because of the many bulky materials being transported for construction. All those things caused that the cost of living increased and was almost impossible to find an affordable place to live. The economy started to fail do to a Category 4 storm. Thousands were left homeless in Miami and later the great depression happened causing unemployment. Architecture started redeveloping around 1930’s, when the Art Deco district was developed. Miami was one of the few cities that remained almost unaffected by the war. High rises already built and other structures remained almost intact.
Buildings like the Freedom Tower were constructed during this time. The building opened on July 26, 1925. It was used as the newspaper’s headquarters and printing facility. It is also considered the “Ellis Island of the South” because between 1962 through 1974 it offered nationally sanctioned relief to the Cuban refugees. The Freedom Tower was one of the highest building in Miami at that time. It reached 17 stories and contained 82,000 square feet of space, a significant achievement at that time. The Freedom Tower is a Spanish and Italian Renaissance-style building that contains many features of the era like its rose color, the oak main doors, a cast iron decorative transom, iron balconies, Corinthian capitals on the columns, and cast concrete cherubs.
1946 thru 1980
Following the 1950’s Cuban revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power, Many Cubans started migrating to Miami from Havana, all this migration started to take an effect in Miami, creating new neighborhoods with Cuban concentration, known as little Havana.
Miami Modern Architecture, was an architectural style that begun in Miami around 1960’s.
During the 1960’s many universities, schools, malls and different retail stores started to become more and more popular, starting to create and time of prosperity in every aspect because it allowed construction to take place and that allowed economy to flow positively. Also, since not only Cuban were migrating to the city, people like, Haitians were also moving to miami and that created some more neighborhoods like little Haiti, just like what happened with Cubans years
before.
The David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse is a skillful example to mention. It has Mediterranean Revival architecture combined with Renaissance Revival elements and with regional Florida architectural features. It is façade is made with Keystone and it is three stories height. Its prominent architectural features are the elaborate classical façade, the interior courtyard and galleries, and the ceremonial courtroom. Its principal façade is facing eat onto First Avenue. It is dominated by Corinthian columns that supports the classical entablature crowing of the second story. Also, repeating chevron patterns are seen in the cast-aluminum casement window frames. Other features like corhinthian pilasters, carved marble frieze, carved Floridene buff marble, and ornate mascaron (carved faces) are noted in the Federal Building.
1981 to present
In 1992, Hurricane Andrew blew Miami area, causing more than $20 billion in damage. By 1996, the Mayor’s office and City Commission left Miami with the title of the United States’ 4th poorest city. Nevertheless, in the latter half of the 2000-2010 decade, an extensive boom of high rise architecture was seen in Miami, a “Miami Manhattanization” wave. The construction of many tallest building was starting to emerge. This boom transformed the look of downtown Miami into one of the largest skylines in the United States, which is now compared with New York City and Chicago. In the present day, Downtown Miami is known for its residential high-rises sparkling skyline. It is becoming the cultural heart of city.
In 2006, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts by Cesar Pelli was completed. It is a 500,000 square feet structure. It is the premier performing arts center in Florida and the second largest in the United States. The Arsht Center involves two main structures, the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House and the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall. They are composed of a series of stepped masses clad in light beige granite. Both building are a large glass and steel curtain walls at the entries, with a contemporary and crystalline expression. Other architecture features the Adrienne Arsht Center includes colonnades, cascading garden terraces, and paving pattern based on Afro-Caribbean designs.
Historic preservation has been a challenge in Miami, Fl. Through its history, Miami has been equally bothersome with fast growth in population and development. Since 2000, a very important amount of historic buildings has been demolished to make high-rises. Buildings like the Freedom Tower, the Miami Dade County Courthouse and many others have the charm of the old city, and they are an inspiration and reverence to the city because without them it will very easy to forget old Miami.
Downtown Miami is now a very large area with a cultural, financial, and commercial center combination. Downtown Miami has grown and physically expanded very fast becoming the fastest-growing area in Miami. It is now home to many major museums, parks, education centers, banks, company headquarters, government offices, theaters, shops and many other buildings.