Brickell used to look like that? See the street in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s
By Miami Herald Archives
A car on the bridge at Southeast Eighth Street and Brickell Avenue in 1990.
Miami Herald File
Miami is a city of change. And Brickell is a neighborhood of change.
Private estates gave way to office buildings and hotels in the 1960s and ‘70s. In the 1980s, the skyline changed even more with the construction of signature buildings seen on the TV show “Miami Vice.” One of the stars of the show: the Atlantis condo tower — the building with the hole, the palm tree and the red spiral staircase in the middle. Producers put its glassy facade into the opening title montage.
Then came more high-rise condos and office buildings, as well as a shopping village and a major mall.
A slice of land off Brickell, Claughton Island, became luxurious Brickell Key, packed with residences. Over the past decade, skyscrapers continued to rise in the Brickell area, on the south side of the Miami River and the downtown core, with some comparing it to Manhattan south.
Let’s go into the Miami Herald photo archives and take a look at how Brickell has changed through the years:
The circular Channel 6 TV studios on Brickell Avenue in the 1970s. Doug Kennedy Miami Herald File
The construction of Brickell Square in the early 1980s C.W. Griffin Miami Herald File
In the 1980s, construction workers from Villa Regina Interterra Corp. head for their parked cars across the street at another Interterra site on Brickell Avenue. Marice Cohn Band Miami Herald File
An early mansion at 1548 Brickell Ave. Marice Cohn Band Miami Herald File
Hyatt Regency under construction in the 1970s. Tim Chapman Miami Herald File
The 27-story Brickell Station towers under construction. Rick McCawley Miami Herald File
A view of Brickell Point at the mouth of the Miami River. Tim Chapman Miami Herald File
An old home at 624 Brickell Ave. gets squeezed by new buildings. Battle Vaughan Miami Herald File
Banks on Brickell Avenue in the 1970s. Miami Herald File
A new building looms over old apartments in Brickell in the 1970s. Battle Vaughan Miami Herald File
Brickell Point aerial view. Miami Herald File
Forte Plaza office building in 1978.
Statue at the 1110 Building. Marlin Levison Miami Herald File
One Brickell Square Building.
The skyline in 1966 from the Brickell Town House building. Bill Kuenzel Miami Herald File
Airial view of Miami river, Brickell avenue in 1949. The First Presbyterian church is in circle. Miami Herald File
Traffic on the Brickell Bridge in 1967. Albert Coya Miami Herald File
Traffic on Brickell in 1964. Eamon Kennedy Miami Herald File
Brickell Key Club on Claughton Island. John Walther Miami Herald File
A view of the mostly vacant Brickell Key in the 1970s. John Walther Miami Herald File
Brickell Avenue traffic and businesses in the 1960s. John Pineda Miami Herald File
Ted Preston Home House at 624 Brickell Ave. Albert Coya Miami Herald File
A Brickell boarding house at 44 SW 11th St. in the Brickell area. Miami Herald File
Pedestrians take in the view on the Brickell bridge in the 1960s. Bob East Miami Herald File
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