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Wynwood | |
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Nickname(s): Wynwood Art District, Wynwood Fashion District, Little San Juan, El Barrio | |
Coordinates: 25°48′14″N80°11′56″W / 25.804°N 80.199°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Florida |
County | Miami-Dade County |
City | City of Miami |
Subdistricts of Wynwood | Neighborhoods list
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Government | |
• City of Miami Commissioner | Richard Dunn (west) and Marc Sarnoff (east) |
• Miami-Dade Commissioners | Audrey Edmonson |
• House of Representatives | Cynthia Stafford (D) |
• State Senate | Larcenia Bullard (D) Miguel Díaz de la Portilla (R) |
• U.S. House | Frederica Wilson (D) (west) Maria Elvira Salazar (R) (east) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,438 [1] |
Time zone | UTC-05 (EST) |
ZIP Code | 33127 |
Area code(s) | 305, 786 |
Website | Wynwood neighborhood |
Wynwood is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida. Wynwood is known for being an entertainment district, with artwork, restaurants, breweries, clothing stores, and dance venues, among other retail options. Formerly an industrial district, the area is now known for the murals that cover the walls of many of the buildings and many of the sidewalks. It is north of Downtown Miami and Overtown, and adjacent to Edgewater. Wynwood has two major sub-districts, the Wynwood Art District in northern Wynwood, and the Wynwood Fashion District along West 5th Avenue. [2] Wynwood roughly is divided by North 20th Street to the south, I-195 to the north, I-95 to the west and the Florida East Coast Railway to the east. [3]
Wynwood has long been referred to as Little San Juan and is commonly known as El Barrio because many Puerto Ricans immigrated to this Miami neighborhood from the island and northeastern cities in the 1950s. [4] Puerto Rican-owned restaurants, shops, markets and other businesses line the streets of Wynwood. Since the early 2000s, the neighborhood has seen a rising investment. The Midtown Miami development construction began in 2005 between North 29th and 36th Street and Miami Avenue and the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) on what was historically an FEC rail yard. This brought renewed attention to the area, previously abandoned warehouses had begun to be occupied by artists, restaurants, cafés, and lounges. Tony Goldman, a developer, also assisted in the growth of Wynwood by creating a mecca out of the already present graffiti. In 2009, Goldman commissioned artists to create the Wynwood Walls. Located in the Wynwood Art District, this is an outdoor exhibition of rotating street art. [5]
The Wynwood Art District is a sub-district of Wynwood that contains galleries, outdoor murals, and private art collections. The district is centered around Wynwood Walls, which was conceived by the late urban developer Tony Goldman in 2009. [5] His idea was to revitalize the neighborhood by turning warehouses into works of art. According to the Walls' website, artists featured at Wynwood Walls include: René Mäkelä, Shepard Fairey, Okuda San Miguel, The London Police, Stelios Faitakis, Clare Rojas, The Date Farmers, avaf, ROA, Ron English, Jeff Soto, Logan Hicks, b., PHASE 2, Joe Grillo, COCO 144, Gaia, Vhils, Interesni Kazki, Brandon Opalka, Friends With You, DALeast, Faith 47, Santiago Rubino, Daze, Maya Hayuk and Lakwena. [5] The Walls were cited as a tourist destination for family fun by Palm Beach Illustrated in 2018. [6] The Walls are curated by Goldman Global Arts, an art dealer that has a gallery inside the wall area. [7]
The Miami Fashion District is a sub-district of Wynwood in Miami, Florida, United States. It is within the larger neighborhood of Wynwood. Northeast 30th Street bounds it to the north, I-95 to the Northwest, Northwest 23rd Street to the south, and Northwest 2nd Avenue to the east. Its primary artery is along Northwest Fifth Avenue, where a lot of the major clothing retailers and distributors are located. [8]
Wynwood has been a fashion hub since the 1920s when Jewish New Yorkers came to the neighborhood and opened factories to establish a thriving garment district. With new job opportunities in this newly established Miami suburb, families began migrating from Puerto Rico to Wynwood in the 40s and 50s. [9] This immigration brought on by the garment district continues to play a role in the modern demographics of the area.
The Wynwood Technology District is a sub-district of Wynwood where various technology companies. In January 2017, Wyncode opened Wynbase, a 3,100-square-foot code-dedicated Wynwood campus. [10]
For some years, the neighborhood has been gentrified with large investments and developments.[ citation needed ] In 2010, the abandoned Wynwood Free Trade Zone at 2235 NW 5th Avenue was reconverted into a working production studio for films and television shows. In July 2011, production plans were announced for the 2011 Charlie's Angels to be filmed in the old free trade zone building in Wynwood. [11] Other film production studios are located in neighboring Park West, and together, form a larger, growing film production industry in Miami.[ citation needed ]
Home to a large number of art galleries, artist studios, and clothing wholesalers, the art and fashion industries are the main economic engines of Wynwood.[ citation needed ] Zak the Baker is a kosher restaurant in Wynwood. [12] [13] [14] [15]
In 2013, Miami New Times moved its headquarters to Wynwood. [16]
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As of 2015 [update] , Wynwood has a population of 8,621 residents, with 2,754 households in the neighborhood. The median household income in 2015 was $31,256. [1]
Wynwood is served by Metrobus and Miami's free trolley service throughout the area, by Metromover's School Board station to the south, and by the Miami Metrorail in adjoining Allapattah less than a mile due west at:
Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates area public schools:
In the summer of 2016, Wynwood experienced a particularly high rate of Zika infection, as part of the 2015–16 epidemic. On August 1, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a travel warning, advising pregnant women not to visit the Wynwood, Design District and Midtown Miami areas. [17] [18] This was the first time the CDC had advised against visiting a neighborhood in the United States to avoid catching an infectious disease. [19]
On August 11, 2016, four more cases of Zika were diagnosed in the Wynwood section of Miami. This brought the total count in Miami to 21 cases. All of them were in the Wynwood Section. Mosquito-control efforts in Wynwood have been difficult because it's a mixed-use area, where industrial sites are located next to a blend of residences and businesses. [20]
The US CDC on December 9, 2016, updated its warnings for 'red areas' ("Zika active transmission areas") and downgraded Wynwood, North Miami Beach, South Miami Beach, and Little River, to a 'yellow area' "where the risk of Zika remains but is no longer greater than that in the rest of Miami-Dade County." [21]
Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a population of 6.14 million, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Southeast after Atlanta, and the ninth-largest in the United States. With a population of 442,241 as of the 2020 census, Miami is the second-most populous city in Florida after Jacksonville. Miami has the third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over 300 high-rises, 61 of which exceed 491 ft (150 m).
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Downtown Miami is the urban city center of Miami, Florida, United States. The city's greater downtown region consists of the Central Business District, Brickell, the Historic District, Government Center, the Arts & Entertainment District, and Park West. It is divided by the Miami River and is bordered by Midtown Miami's Edgewater, and Wynwood sections to its north, Biscayne Bay to its east, the Health District and Overtown to its west, and Coconut Grove to its south.
Midtown Miami is the collective term for the Wynwood and Edgewater neighborhoods of Miami, Florida. It is located north of Downtown and south of the Miami Design District and is roughly bound by North 20th Street to the south, I-195 to the north, I-95 to the west, and Biscayne Bay to the east.
The Miami Design District is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida, United States, and a shopping, dining and cultural destination—home to over 130 art galleries, showrooms, creative services, architecture firms, luxury fashion stores, antiques dealers, eateries and bars.
The Wynwood Art District is a district of the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It is home to over 10 galleries, museums and collections and is known for its street art. It is roughly bounded by North 36th Street (north), North 20th Street (south), I-95 (west) and Northeast First Avenue (east). It is one of the largest open-air street art installations in the world.
Edgewater is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida, located north of Downtown and the Arts & Entertainment District, and south of Midtown and the Upper Eastside. It is roughly bound by North 17th Street to the south, North 37th Street to the north, the Florida East Coast Railway and East First Avenue to the west and Biscayne Bay to the east.
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Tony Goldman was an American real estate developer.
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Bakery or Zak the Baker is a kosher restaurant in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, Florida. After the bakery was moved into a larger building, Zak the Baker opened a new glatt kosher delicatessen in January 2017 in the old bakery location. The associated bakery and café were both founded by local baker Zak Stern. The bakery closes on Saturdays, in keeping with kosher requirements.
The Rubell Museum, formerly the Rubell Family Collection, is a private contemporary art museum with locations in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, Florida, and the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Opened to the public in 1993 and formerly housed in a warehouse in the Wynwood Art District, the museum and its collection were developed by Mera and Don Rubell, Miami-based art collectors who have played a significant role in the city's development as a center of the international contemporary art market. The museum relocated to a significantly larger campus in Miami, and opened a campus in Washington, in 2019 and 2022, respectively.
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The advisory extends to all expectant mothers, and women planning on becoming pregnant who have traveled to a one-square-mile area north of downtown Miami — including Wynwood, Midtown and the Design District — on or after June 15, said CDC Director Tom Frieden.