Walking Downtown Miami Flagler District in August 2022

[@michaelchin3550]

Miami is lucky to have you living in there. You are a wonderful addtion to their city. In just a few short months I have seen nice changes in your neighborhood.

[@ActionKid]

Can't wait to see what changes are in store!

[@megaboombox1]

I like the fact that @ActionKid supports small business. Aklan Filipinos buffet . Supports D'oro pizza bar. The Flagler Shopping Mall reminds me of the tunnels and shops under Rockefeller plaza.

[@RobertoLopezstudyis]

I used to walk around Flagler street and used to work at Burdines in the 1990s up to 2006 when it became a Macy's and it closed in 2018 and now it is a Ross at Flagler street and Miami Avenue. Downtown Miami changed a lot especially Flagler street in the late 1960s and 1970s when people went to do their shopping to the malls in the suburbs where there is still free parking.

[@ActionKid]

I would have loved to see Flagler Street back then, it sounds like so much changed!

[@RobertoLopezstudyis]

@@ActionKid Flagler Street had the best stores in Miami like Burdines which opened in 1898 by William Burdine who wanted to open a dry good store to sell clothes and other items for people in Miami and the American troops station in Miami during the Spanish American War happening in Cuba in 1898. There was Budges hardware store that opened in 1900 and sold tools and building supplies to the public in a three story building made out of brick with Coral Rock trimmings and stood on the Northeast corner of Flagler street and Miami Avenue which is now a Walgreens. Flagler street had four Five and Dime stores like McCorys which opened in 1906 and had a hotel as well. Woolworths opened in 1913 next to the Miami telephone company, T.W. Grant's and the Kress store which was on the site of the old Flagler Station Mall which is run down now. Jackson Bryons opened as the old Red Cross Pharmacy in the early 1900s and there was Sellews Brothers shoe store and many old movie theaters up and down Flagler street.

[@thedirtybubble9613]

1990s to 2006 were the best years in Miami IMO.

[@HengMiao]

It's great that you're documenting see the major renovations that are happening in Flagler District, as this is interesting to watch for now and the future! 😎 20:13 Nice looking courthouse. 26:00 It's always fun to see chickens in your videos, and smart chicken at 29:13! 🐔🐓 I enjoyed seeing the beautiful architectures from the 1920s & 30s along with all the shops and restaurants in the area. Thank you for sharing this informative walk through the Historic Downtown Core, AK! 🤗

[@ActionKid]

Thanks, the Flagler District will look completely different in a few years time!

[@andreasbobzin2687]

That was solid walking Video quality again mate 😘😎🌞

[@ActionKid]

You're welcome!

[@SirKinetic]

Wonderful tour !! well done great job!🤩🤩

[@ActionKid]

My pleasure

[@JON-sh4te]

Actually the developer wanted the businesses to stay they moved voluntarily because they felt that during the long construction they would loose business, this developer brought up flagler street because he wanted to revamp it in honer of Henry Flagler.

[@ActionKid]

Interesting, I heard there are plans to transform it into an innovation & tech hub. We'll see what happens

[@dlm9920]

I work there. The Italian restaurant is Soye Pompdoro, it's the best restaurant in the county!!! The owners are from Naples, Italy 🇮🇹

[@jon_cielo]

Courthouse building, Alfred I. Dupont building, and Seybold building are historic.

[@sheilak2835]

The construction next to the courthouse, will be the new civil courthouse.

[@jilllovesbeegees70]

Have you done any videos by the cruise port? Love to see the ships coming and going . Sometimes I watch the cruise web cams. Love you videos !

[@ActionKid]

I haven't done a video specifically to the port, but I've seen the cruise ships come and go. They're really magnificent to look at.

[@jehovapower7657]

Very good video except for ROSS that used to be MACY'S for many years & I worked there. After they closed down this store in downtown Ross opened a 2nd location here. The Ross you mentioned on Biscayne has been there for years. Oh MY GOD! LOL! City chickens!

[@eluis95]

Wow a downtown area that’s actually relatively clean I wonder why.

[@jilllovesbeegees70]

Looks nice and clean , but was there a person laying on the ground there in the beginning? Ive been to the Flagler museum. Its very interesting.

[@crazycolombian305]

I've never seen a channel that promotes Miami Dade better then AK. 👈🏼

[@ActionKid]

Thank you so much!

[@Valencenliberty]

Very Very interesting AK💞Thank u

[@mull4584]

15:28 it's the KZbinr Watch Eric wearing a heavy hitter on his wrist.

[@jr2shiesty589]

Awesome walking core of Miami downtown! I always love your walk! Its the best

[@ActionKid]

Thank you very much!

[@gadrimivida68]

37:47 CNCO

[@lauriesebastiano7958]

can you please do a follow up walk here?

[@tatejennifer1791]

great video! very entertaining. The building going up next to the Courthouse is the new Courthouse. It will be 482 feet tall when completed.

[@ActionKid]

Wow, that is going to be an impressive courthouse when it's finished.

[@ChefReyM]

Even though there's construction & vacant storefronts as result I didn't see any homeless that you usually se in NYC, San Fran, LA, Detroit... I use to work there & didn't see much of them.

[@dlm9920]

I work in this area. Every day I walk from the train station to my office at SunTrust which is the area he starts the video. There are many street people that you can't but stumble on them. Some are homeless, some mentally ill, some drug addicts, some alcoholics, some prostitutes. They sleep inside the doors of those vacant stores. I will not go into details as to the sanitary conditions of the sidewalks. All this money being spent on revitalization will be worthless if you don't clean up the human garbage. I'm surprised our Mayor doesn't have that as the first priority. Sad, and I have to work there.

[@richgordon997]

Unbelievable. I thought that they have finished it. A 2017 there was a construction going there.. same road . And it's 2023..

[@louisetregomorgan4907]

Flagler Street has so much potential. Room for improvements take time , but Miami knows what's best for the people. Great work AK thanks for the very informative walk . 🤗💛👍

[@ActionKid]

Thank you very much! I can't wait to see the changes

[@giovannicarmona7792]

Any plans to move back to NYC?

[@matyasurgas1089]

Do you have any holidays? I had my summer holidays from July 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022. We have autumn holidays from October 26 to October 28, 2022. We have christmas holidays from December 27 to January 2, 2023. I had my spring holidays from February 28 to March 6, 2022. Good afternoon.

[@jarihult]

Great walk and even though the construction hasn’t be completely and there’s lots of vacant buildings and stores ! Hopefully in the future the renovations paid off and the future look brighter ,its going to take time but , anyway there’s a progress done already so therefore , thank you for this informative and great walk A K😎👍!!!

[@ActionKid]

Thank you very much! I know it will look much better in the future

[@peterwelby]

Once all that construction is completed they can bring in retail tenants.

[@matthewmagennis2072]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

[@MatrixDiscovery]

All that highrises kills the vibe of Miami.

[@verastiopul1150]

Fontainbleau is the name relayed to the impressionists painters in France sud they lived most of them in such miserable pour life .Us colectors discovered them and it wad a Boom in entere world copy them till in this days all over the world

[@nironaaron6420]

Can you ,should you,please shout existing science?

[@durf2753]

This is not a downtown!!! This is a destruction zone. You should move to San Jose, at least they have a real and viable downtown with Santana Row/Valley Fair 3 miles to the west. Better weather and some nice mountains to hike.

[@cindyrolle6476]

Inequality. DeSatis Florida.

[@justgetthere3595]

Miami is a paradise of Art Deco period buildings. Even in the hoods you spot them, run down small survivors. Opa Locka is full of Moorish stuff. 🏙