Miami Design District
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The Miami Design District is a section north of downtown Miami, Florida within the southern extremity of Little Haiti. It is divided by NE 36th Street to the south, NE 41st Street to the north, North Miami Avenue to the west and Biscayne Boulevard (US 1) to the east.
It is home to nearly twenty art galleries and over forty showrooms & stores.[1]
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[edit] History
Credited to starting the district is Craig Robbins, who purchased many run-down buildings in the 18 square block area and persuaded many top designers, such as Alison Spear, Holly Hunt and Peter Page to relocate.[2]
[edit] Galleries
Some current Galleries in the Design District Include:
- Art Fusion
- Artformz
- Artsonian
- Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
- Burton Gallery
- De La Sierra, Paris and Pervilhac Gallery
- Diaspora Vibe Gallery
- Etra Fine Art
- Galeria Aqua
- Iran Issa Khan
- La Boheme Fine Art Gallery
- Lasater Fine Art
- Lurie Gallery
- Placemaker Gallery
- Saba Gallery
- Solange Rabello Art Gallery
- Tao Rey
- The Moore Space
[edit] External links
- Miami Design District
- Design Miami / Art Basel
- Artkrush.com - interview with Ambra Medda, director and co-founder of Design Miami
[edit] References
- ^ http://miamidesigndistrict.net/streetmap/index.cfm Design District Street Map
- ^ http://miami-design-district.info/history.html History of Design District
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