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<br />skyline then had it certain less-llI-,more elegance. Now It
<br />looks Ii ke a kid with too many teeth.. It's way too overbuilt,
<br />but the chc~pcr rents and ,low condo prices are starting to
<br />lure the bold and hardy.
<br />Early hotel settlers lnclud~d Mandarin Oriental and Four
<br />M.A..I flUT Fr9m' top: 'Seasons and the boom wasamped up by
<br />Strolling through South the arrlv:al of the Kelly Wearsrler-'dcsignecJ
<br />Point. Patk; work$by Vice,rov 11l,200n, DOWlltown's latest addi-
<br />UlJo'Rondlno"e end ,; 7'
<br />Rachel HarrlsoR at the rlon is the' JW Marriott Marquis Miami.
<br />de la Cru~ Colltctlon
<br />or contemporary art, situated within a 41 'story [Olver In the Met-
<br />In thlit De.lgn District; ropOmah Miami dcvelopment-The build-
<br />the view rromthe JW
<br />Marrlott'Marqul5 Miami. Ing also holds the boutique Hotel Beaux
<br />Opposite: Morning at Arts Miami, the debut of Marriott's new
<br />Wynwood J(1t~h,en& Baf'luxury brand. There's also the new 67-srory
<br />Marquis Residences, which houSes the hotel Tempo Miami,
<br />a Rock Resort, and Kimpton's Eplc Hotel.overlookingthc
<br />Brickell Avenue financ:ial distrkt,a landScape tklt resembles
<br />the unholy spawn of a three-way between Hong Kong. Times
<br />Square, and Las Vegas.
<br />Ofcoursc, as with any hotel boom, noteworthy dJefs are
<br />never far behind. After years offIir.ting\yith Soti~l~ach,
<br />Daniel, Boulud chose dawntownas' the setting for his first
<br />Miami r~taurant. "AU my restaurants requ!re a leap of
<br />faith,~ he says: "Downto\Vn h3s f6vervelver roPes than South
<br />Beach, buthasavei'ycult~vatcd (Jientele~';~ls DB Bistro
<br />Modernc. designed by YabuPushelbei'g.is located on the,
<br />first floor of the ne\VMarril>it. Other acclai~Cd restaurants
<br />, ,inClude Rainer Becker'siapanese-insPired Zuma, which has
<br />slstef.operntl?Dsin Hong Kong and Duba'i; andEos, the
<br />brainchild of DODat~lIa Arpliia and Michael PsjlakiS:
<br />ACcompanying downtoWlts hotel explosion is perhaps the
<br />dty's moStllmbirious project. Over}ookingBiscayile lJayis
<br />the vast fallow ground of Museum Park, 'a 29-acre architec-
<br />tural all -star complex slated to open in 2013 that willlncor-
<br />porate Herzog & de Meuron's new building for the Miami
<br />Art Museul!I; Inside~ moretha~lO(),OOO squarc(cetw!1I he
<br />, dedicated to contc~por;iryart:Thi.S is, the project that may
<br />., trnnsforrndowritowJ1aUoveragain. ' , , i' ,,' :,
<br />Sri1aller'l\fial11icomm~piti~ are alsO being~n~rglzed.
<br />For years; Bal Harbour village was primarily k~~~' for its
<br />'lulCurysllOppill~,N,<&,.orie,&J H~rR~(),rtlfc Spa. whiCh
<br />indudes'a'new beach cll1bdeSigJied by Miaml,baseli Hernan
<br />,", ,'Arriaga,' h~ts fice~rivi~ s.crce~ings :onthcb~i1~h~'yriga '
<br />",; Class~s;;u1'd cOllc~rts~y'j~i~J)3,nds sue)) nsSuiferIJ.t,ood.
<br />'Lastycar;tJtenatiOlial Salon de Louis Vulttonw:ishlunched
<br />", "'., ',',' ..' .' .... . .'....;.,'.- ",' ......." "." ",' ....- -...- ",/ .
<br />ot the Bol HarbourShOpswithin exhibition by i\Iiaml-b6rn
<br />,",~rtiStTeresi~~ ferria~de~;+he,ritaJJ 'h~5tippedthe culture
<br />,'",',,' <'quotient"viththcBaIHarboiJTArt'Nii;hts;as well as:free
<br />, . pcrforr1alt,t~s by. die ()~erto~nMusi~ Proj~~i, l\r!larili C'lty
<br />" "naUet, luid YoungArts. the cote pr~grani tlf the National
<br />Foundation forAdvanccmcnt in the Arts,
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