Government Center is a district in the western portion of

downtown Miami Downtown Miami is the urban city center of Miami, Florida. 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. ...

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bound roughly by

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and West (NW/SW) 3rd Avenue to the west, South (SW/SE) 1st Street to the south, North (NE/NW) 5th Street to the north, and East (NE/SE) 1st Avenue to the east. The area includes several courthouses, including the historic

Miami-Dade County Courthouse The Miami-Dade County Courthouse, formerly known as the Dade County Courthouse, is a historic courthouse and skyscraper located at 73 West Flagler Street in Miami, Florida. Constructed over four years (1925–28), it was added to the U.S. Nati ...

and a US district court, the City of Miami police headquarters, city, county, and state offices. The eponymous and most used county transit station, Government Center, serving Metrorail,

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, and Metrobus, is located in the bottom of the

Stephen P. Clark Government Center The Stephen P. Clark Government Center, known also as Government Center, Miami-Dade Center, or County Hall, is a skyscraper in the Government Center district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. It is the headquarters building of the Miami-D ...

building. Directly south of this is the main branch of the

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, as well as the

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museum.

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owns roughly nine acres in the middle of Government Center, the site of its former Miami station, which spans several blocks. While the station was destroyed in 1963 and the site had been used as surface parking lots in the decades following, the railroad never gave up ownership of the property. In mid 2014, the lots were closed down for construction of the MiamiCentral intercity rail station, as part of the Brightline system. Besides governmental office and public buildings, there are many street level retail shops and some private office space in Government Center. The

New World School of the Arts New World School of the Arts (NWSA) is a public magnet high school and college in Downtown Miami, Florida. Its dual-enrollment programs in the visual and performing arts are organized into four strands: visual arts, dance, theatre (comprising prog ...

is located on the east side of Government Center, adjacent to

Miami-Dade College Miami Dade College (Miami Dade, MDC or Dade) is a public college in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1959, it has a total of eight campuses and twenty-one outreach centers throughout Miami-Dade County. It is the largest college in the Florida Colle ...

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. Additionally, there is much historic architecture dating as far back as the late 19th century in Government Center, which overlaps largely with the Downtown Miami Historic District.

Notable locations

* Government Center (MDT station) * MiamiCentral railroad station *

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* Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr US Courthouse * David W. Dyer Federal Building and United States Courthouse * Old United States Post Office and Courthouse (Miami, Florida) *

* Museum Tower (Miami) * Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial High School *City of Miami Police headquarters building *Rhode state office building * Claude Pepper Federal Building *

Gallery

File:Government Center building from the Miami Main Library.JPG, The Stephen P. Clark Government Center building viewed from the Main Library and

courtyard File:Occupy Miami at Government Center.jpg, Occupy Miami in Government Center File:Miami Critical Mass at Government Center.jpg,

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Miami assembles in Government Center File:Miami Government Center from East.jpg, Government Center Metrorail and Metromover station is located at the bottom of the Stephen P. Clark Government Center building. Government Center Metrobus hub is two blocks north.

References

{{Greater Miami Neighborhoods in Miami