The Miami Design District is a famous neighborhood located in Miami in Florida. It is mainly a shopping, cultural and dining destination for tourists be it domestic or international. In the year 2000, the district was redeveloped. The project was overseen by Craig Robin’s, the president and CEO of Dacra. The neighborhood features more than 120 art galleries, creative services, architecture firms, showrooms, luxury fashion stores, eateries, bars and antique dealers.

Historically, it was originally found in Buena Vista and but now it is located to the south of Lemon City(little Haiti). It is the crossroads if many of Miami’s neighborhoods, artsy Wynwood is located to the south, Lemon City and Buena Vista are to the North. The wealthier upper East Side neighborhoods are located to the East. The district has been restored after decades of falling into despair, it is now an art, fashion and design destination. The district is home to some of the high end brands like Louis Vuitton, Dior and Prada. World renowned and award winning chefs like Michael Schwartz have restaurants in the district.

History

The area was once a pineapple farm, it was located in a neighborhood that was then referred as Buena Vista. The farm was owned by a man called T. V. Moore, he was also the one who built the historic Moore building in the 1920s. In the 1890s and early 1990s, the district had fallen into a state of disrepair and nobody bothered with it. It wasn’t until the late 1990s and early 2000 that people became more serious about art. Art and design stores began opening during this time and it has grown to what it has become today.

Craig Robins purchased many run down buildings, he started pursuing many top designers to start opening studios and showrooms in the area. In the 2000s, the area started to grow in popularity, many investors started channeling their funds in the district. Streets were redone and even trees were planted.

Demographics

The population of the Miami Design District as per 2000 statistics showed there were 1, 116 people. The area zip code is 33127 and 33137. The area is 0.64km squared (0.249 square miles). The population of females was 594 and the males were 522 in number. Average age of men in the population was 26.2 years old and the average age of females was 25.4 years old. The population of English speakers, whether fluent or not was 20{9a7037f03e67070424ebfa24c6b70a6625901028f4c828bfd3350e868c4c798e}.