Modern, contemporary, & renovated, Miami's Biscayne Blvd...

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Modern, contemporary, & renovated, Miami's Biscayne Blvd...

Biscayne Blvd at a glance

Today I am writing about all the changes that have taken place on Biscayne Blvd, Miami's old main street that crosses the entire city starting up where it begins around 81 st up by the neighborhood Bell Meade followed by Morningside, then the once secluded and guarded like a fortress old Miami Money neighborhood, winding through the art and design district on 36th street and finally making its way into downtown before ending on Brickell, which has always been the upscale financial district..

For a long time the entire area was blighted, full of prostitutes, adult book stores, boarded up homes and hotels and known as a dark lit, crime and drug infested Blvd, one which tourists and locals alike were warned to stay away from and the situation for the neighborhoods of Bealle Meade and Morning-side two predominantly white, affluent Gay populations grew to a point of desperation so much that they blocked themselves in and hied security companies to patrol their borders..

Finally the city of Miami had enough and called the police into action and after years of arrests, clean-ups, forced closures of seedy businesses and locations catering to the drug addicted criminal crowd, the area began its comeback and WOW what a comeback it i now seeing...

After extensive city improvements along the entire road, the renovation of the design district, and the incentives to invest, the area is now Miami's number one development site with new Condos, stores, Supermarkets, and sidewalk cafes popping up all over the place... Neighborhoods once not dared be entered by locals or tourists are now walking areas and outside malls with restaurants, stores, even night clubs and bars for the evening crowd. Entire areas have been completely transformed into one of Miami's most sought after real estate areas and development zones... 

Here are some pictures of the newly revitalized Biscayne Blvd Miami Corridor from NE 81st Street till Bayside in downtown, a totally pedestrian friendly beautiful up and coming area of the city of Miami.. 

Amazing is the only thing I can say..

Enjoy the pics and post..

Picture Group One...

Biscayne Blvd up in the NE 60's range in other words NE 60-NE 79th Street. The outdoor cafe's, car washes, Dogma, Sushi places, etc already line the streets and the old sex hotels are being renovated and now even families, that in the 60's were the predominant residents of these hotels, replaced by hookers and drug addicts and dealers in the 70's and 80's as the area began its steady decline.. 

Group Two Pictures....

The area around the NE 40's to NE 60th Streets with the Starbucks located on 69th.. Again here we have many restaurants, new developments and new introductions by Starbucks, Soyca, Gyms, Miami Subs, Balans, independent retail outlets, new condos, new hotels, and many pedestrian friendly renovations such as Parks and walking areas..

Retail shopping along Biscayne

Soyca Miami

New development along Biscayne and 30th Streets

Renovated Hotel by 36th Street

Very nicely kept landscaping and newly renovated Streets

Entering the downtown corridor

New developments entering the downtown corridor

Group Three Pictures...

This is the last stretch of Biscayne Blvd. This stretch is the one containing the Hilton Hotel, the Omni shopping mall, Art Center, and finally the new entertainment club district, highrises, and now being remodeled Biscayne Park next to the American Airlines Arena, also in this section of Biscayne.. 

The Bacardi Building

The New Publix on Biscayne and 25th

Omni Shopping Area

The new Arts Complex

New Highrises accross from Biscayne Park

The Liberty Tower entering downtown

Group Four Pictures...

The last set of pictures are pictures within downtown Miami, once thought of a no mans zone at night past 6:00 PM, now a pedestrian zone that sees many people out and about enjoying the nightlife, shopping, and many side walk cafes and restaurants.. 

Bayside Market Place

The new Federal Courthouse

The Miami Police Department

Downtown Miami Park

Miami's Government Center

Modern Contemporary renovated Biscayne Blvd..Indeed a totally transformed Miami masterpiece, one that will continue to evolve into a mecca of living, stores, and nightlife...

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Modern, Contemporary City of Miami....

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Miami, A beautiful modern, contemporary city...

The now famous American Airlines Arena

At Avant-Garde Home Furnishings, where we specialize in everything modern & contemporary for your home, we are so lucky that we call Miami our home base. This is a fast paced city where the words Modern, Contemporary are just about every-where that you turn. From buildings, to homes, to condos to just about every corner of this city you find that the style of choice in this modern city is minimal modern contemporary with accent pieces of other styles and of course Art Deco, the home grown movement back in the day but even all those places have transformed themselves on the inside as beautiful glamorous modern contemporary inter designs and now we have places like the Ritz, Sagamore, Delano, who are still very much art deco on the outside but a totally different world inside. It seems all these places now compete with one another to see who gets the better designs in the style we call Modern, contemporary...

Biscayne Blvd Buildings 

Everyday new items such as  modern faucets, modern sinks, modern cabinets, modern furniture come into the market place but with so many new and exciting modern contemporary furniture stores here in Miami, Avant-Garde has a real front row seat to see all the new creative designs come out and which ones actually catch on before the rest of the country dos and really gives them a good perspective on what to expect about certain items. For example anytime a PRODUCT COMES OUT AND YOU SEE IT show up on the design interiors of famous hotels like the Delano, Ritz, Lowes, then you know it will be big.


These places have made and broken designers for being good and getting in the door and of course for being bad and not making it which sends their careers spiring down. These guys present the new standard in the modern contemporary design world and Miami is full of these types of places. Take the Icon on Brickell, the W on Miami Beach, the renovated Eden Roc Hotel, Fountain Bleu Hilton, all of which switched from more traditional designs of the past and revamped themselves into a more current modern contemporary feel. These places from the outside look just as beautiful as they did back in the 60';s but on the inside they are a new modern world of modern kitchens, bathrooms, furniture pieces, accent pieces, bedding, living rooms, unlike anything we had back then. They are all now minimalist designs where less seems to be better and hardwood floors and modern area rugs have taken the place of old grand marble floors, where old grand banister staircases have been replaced by new glass and steel minimal and very clean cut modern wonders.

Heading into downtown on the freeway looking at the new Wells Fargo Tower

Miami can do this because in terms of age just like Avant Garde Home Furnishings, LLC, is very young, energetic in its youth and population, trendy, and determined to maintain its lead in the modern world as the city that designers come to to be made. We at Avant-Garde also fit this profile. It is our stated goal to have the best cutting edge products at the best prices and with the best quality. We strive to be the Miami of the furniture world.. One step ahead and always new and exciting.. We already have a big advantage.. Miami is our doorstep and everything modern contemporary comes through here allowing us to glimse at new designs, ideas and concepts long before they are made public for you see Miami has become a showplace for this type of design and is reflected in everything that is newly built or renovated.

Miami's modern contemporary tolls 

The new Marlins Stadium is a modern wonder with automated bathrooms, automated modern faucets, toilets, gadgets, and everything in between and its design and retractable roof are the definition of modern contemporary style and design. The Performing arts center downtown Miami, The performing arts center on Miami Beach, all have been completely redone by famous architects like IM Pei in the modern, contemporary world, all with their own unique feel and appearance all with a very Miami attitude and feel about them unifying this city under the modern contemporary umbrella. Then there is the American Airlines Arena which closes the deal with its angles and curves that seem to end and go no where.. A building way ahead of its time and one that is very impressive..

Brickell Skyscrapers 

We at Avant-Garde Home Furnishings, LLC, feel very lucky to live and work in a city that is really a showplace for a style we very much love and work for its promotion for we are passionate about how we feel about this style in design and with a city like Miami backing us we see a very bright future for what I believe to be the most versitle dynamic style in design to ever come out... One thing is certain this will be a hard style to dislodge as it has so many variables and characteristics and we look forward to providing you with products that are ever changing, dynamic, new, and unique, much like the City of Miami whose downtown has grown up into one of the best showplaces of this style in the world..


Stay tuned for new and exciting product offerings from Avant-Garde Home Furnishings, LLC, Everything for your modern & contemporary home...

Performing Arts Center Miami Beach

Please see above in a gadget posting done right before this one for a slide show for the many modern, contemporary sites of Greater Miami that make this such a great city to be in for Avant-Garde Home Furnishings, LLC..

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