Avant-Garde Modern Furniture Blog: Part 2A: Downtown Miami's Skyscrapers....

About Alexander Calzadilla

Alexander Calzadilla is a Cuban male originally from Philadelphia, who has happily called Miami his home since moving here at the age of 15. He attended Southwest Sr. High School and Florida International University, ultimately receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. While in college, he began working as a paralegal for the Law Offices of Jeffrey E. Reichenbacher, a position he kept for seven years after graduation. He subsequently worked at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Associates before landing at Costa Nursery. After distinguishing himself with many accomplishments, he was promoted to the position of Director of Specialty Products, which included the orchid, bonsai and lucky bamboo departments. When Alex was first put in charge of the three departments, they ranked near the bottom. By the time he left Costa after seven years, Alex had transformed the floundering departments into unqualified successes, posting record earnings, sales and profitability. In 2008 Alex was named the Costa Employee of the Year. Alex now puts his formidable prowess as a businessman into his newest venture, Avant-Garde Home Furnishings, LLC, serving as Managing Partner.

About Avant-Garde

We offer home furnishings and decor for every area of your home,both inside and out, always striving to bring you the most current design elements being used by today's top designers, at a fraction of their retail cost. Whether you are completely redecorating an area of your home, looking for the perfect accent piece to finish off an existing room, shopping for a unique gift, or simply "window shopping" to get design ideas, Avant-Garde is the place to go for everything modern & contemporary for your home.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Part 2A: Downtown Miami's Skyscrapers....

MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH.. TWO MODERN, CONTEMPORARY CITIES

Introduction Part 2 of a 5 part Miami Beach and Miami series dedicated to architecture and design

I went out for a drive today and honestly these two cities are both very modern, have great buildings that are unique, and are great cities to drive around in just to take a spin and enjoy the day sunlight, weather, and scenery. They are modern, contemporary, and have a young hip crowd making them two of the most trendy and young cities in the United States. Enjoy the following pictures of Downtown Miami.

I will continue to write about these cities in the following order with the following themes

Hope all of you enjoy these truly beautiful cities...

Introduction Part 1 - City of Miami and Miami Beach at night - Published
Introduction Part 2 - Downtown Miami - Published

Part 1 - Downtown Miami

Part 2 - Miami Beach Art Deco District

Part 3 - Rhodes Section Miami

Part 4 - South Beach

Part 5 - Entertainment District Downtown Miami

Introduction Part 2: Downtown Miami

I just wanted to share with you some beautiful pictures of downtown Miami as I crossed into the beach this morning and back this afternoon..

Approaching Downtown from the East West Expressway

Downtown Miami

Downtown Miami (residential half and Business District)

Residential Quarter Downtown Miami

New Residential Quarter Entertainment District, Miami

Residential Quarter on Biscayne by American Airlines Arena, Miami

IM Pei designed Arts Center from the causeway into the beach

IM Pei Center

Leaving Downtown behind as we cross into Miami Beach

Downtown Miami

Miami's famous cruise port, the largest in the world

Cruise ships waiting to depart Sat and Sun from Miami

The New Marlins Baseball Park as it nears completion

The Marlins new Home

Stuning beauty in the Florida Sunshine... Miami and Miami Beach are two of the most beautiful, newest cities in the world. There architecture is reflective of the current times and follows all the latest trends in designs, high fashion, and the latest cars. They are indeed trendy world class cities where there are plenty of good looking people but rarely do you find people with a good heart. They are cities that are more surface then roots but at least we can enjoy these pictures as they are absolutely beautiful to look at..

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