MIAMI - As Seen From Above South Beach

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It's a great time to be in Miami, and what better place to enjoy the scenery than from atop one of the tallest buildings in South Beach. I made my way up to my building's roof over Superbowl weekend and took a crapload of pictures to share with you guys. Enjoy!

First, a map so you can get a feel for the geography and see where I took the pictures from (where the red arrow is pointing).

Cranes!

Looking East down 15th Street towards the beach

Belle Island, along the Venetian Causeway

The Brickell wall taking shape

The Waverly, by Arquitectonica

Bay Road condo's and the rest of Miami Beach

Looking across the northern limits of South Beach, over Lincoln Road and The Setai (blue building) in the distance

A mini strip mall of local amenities on Alton Road

Lots of semi-dense low-rise apartments lie between the beach and the bay

South Beach

Miami Beach and places north

The wall of high-rise condos along the beach stretches for dozens of miles

Flamingo Park's position in South Beach is much like Central Park in Manhattan

A typical residential block in South Beach

The tallest condo on the right, Continuum, lies at the southern tip of South Beach

South Beach

South Pointe in the background, home to some of the most expensive condos in Miami

The Waverly and South Beach

The Waverly and Biscayne Bay

The Flamingo's courtyard

From front to back: MacArthur Causeway bridge, Fisher Island, and Virginia Key

From front to back: MacArthur Causeway, Port of Miami, Fisher Island, Virginia Key, and Key Biscayne. It's hard to tell, but yes, there is water separating all of those land masses.

Star Island, home to countless celebrities, and the Port of Miami

Biscayne Bay islands and Downtown Miami

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The Venetian Islands and the burgeoning Midtown Miami

The Venetian Islands

My building's basketball court, on top of the 7-story parking garage

Miami Beach is surprisingly dense for Florida

More islands, condos, and beautiful weather

The buildings along the beach in the center of the picture are of the art deco variety on Ocean Drive

It only takes about 15 minutes to walk from the bay to the beach in South Beach

Check out that grid system

The Flamingo's roof

I love this place!

[dgreco]

great pictures, those cranes are crazy

[Ronald]

Fantastic pictures! You've got a nice view there!

[TBurban]

Those are gorgeous!! What a view is right!

[Seven Cities]

Awesome! Miami is definitely on my favorite cities list. Looking forward to making another trip there this year.

[richyb83]

Thanks for posting. Thanks for the reference point too. How crazy is that to have a basketball court on the 7th floor on top of a parking garage. Great views. Belle Island has some impressive development for such a small place.

[suburban george3]

Awesome pictures and impressive developments indeed... Miami is high on my list to visit soon, I haven't been in 21 years!!!

I was thinking though, with all that dense development what the insurance costs would be if a major hurricane struck the area...

[wolverine]

For a modern city, I love Miami. It's got a nice clean feel to it. And the vegetation is a great bonus. I love rooftop basketball courts. You don't see to many of these much. When I was in Manhattan for a few months, my apt building had a basketball court on a lower part of the building which was about 10 stories up. I always loved the views

[BHCav]

Reminds me of GTA: Vice City. If it were not for Dubai, Miami would be getting a lot more development pub.