The "Ugly" non waterfront view of Miami
 

These are a few pics of Miami's skyline from the Little Havana neighborhood west of downtown / Brickell away from Biscayne Bay :

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^ As you can see there are a lot of 10-20+ story apartment buildings in Little Havana !

[IMG]https://c5.staticflickr.com/2/1628/2...290b37e4_b.jpgThe skyline of Miami, Florida, U.S.A. by jorge molina, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]https://c4.staticflickr.com/2/1481/2...ee23dc97_b.jpgThe skyline of Miami, Florida, U.S.A. by jorge molina, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]https://c5.staticflickr.com/2/1712/2...bd44fd33_b.jpgThe skyline of Miami, Florida, U.S.A. / The Magic City by jorge molina, on Flickr[/IMG]

Thoughts?

Sunrise over Miami International Airport & the downtown skyline
 

which is 5 miles | 8.05 Km to the southeast of Miami International Airport hence no supertalls yet due to the FAA !

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Wow these are amazing photos, never seen Miami like this although they indeed look very un-Miami without the water.

Look like Panama City, Vancouver, some parts of Toronto, Surfers Paradise, and other resort town worldwide.

For this one if you don't say it is Miami, I will consider Manhattan in early 2000s and try to find Empire State Building, or Houston.

Kinda hard to find these shots. All of them are from the water.

From the airport.
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This one is 2012.
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Can this one count?

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Coral Gables by Miami.FlyMe, on Flickr

Of course it can since this pic has 3 skylines with Coral Gables in the fore ground, the downtown Miami / Brickell skyline in the middle & the Miami Beach skyline in the far background.

This shows the "urban beauty" of Miami.....which has a population of over 5 million people in the metro area..:tup::cool::tup::cool::tup:

I posted this in the skyline thread, but its relevant to the OP here.

I wish Quantumx was still around. :(

Its difficult to find photographers who would capture Miami the way he did (especially with aerials). I wish I joined ssp earlier to see much of his work and chat with him.

But, he will never be forgotten! :heart:

I also wish I discovered ssp when a lot of the SSC Miami members where around. Maybe some of them would not have fled. :(

^ very nice screen shot from the MIA ! The Marlins Park is huge from this angle too.

The photographer went a little heavy on the depth of field. Well, way to heavy, but nevertheless, somewhat of a non waterfront view. Really, from the back.

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Toy Miami by Vladimir Kud, on Flickr

Almost feels foreign, gives me a SE Asia feel.

Yeah Miami kinda looks like Manila in a way when viewed from a non waterfront perspective.

The U.S. Manila.

Spotted this in the compilation. Relevant to the OP.

Updated photo with new towers u/c. Same photographer, same perspective as the OP.

Can see Panorama Tower and Echo Brickell.

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View of the skyline of Miami, Florida, USA / The Magic City by jorge molina, on Flickr

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View of the skyline of Dadeland, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA by jorge molina, on Flickr

July 2017 | Topped out Panorama tower commands the skyline
 

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^ Miami's new tallest topped out with the Marlins baseball park in the foreground.

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^ View from Little Havana

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^ L to R : Brickell Heights , Panorama Tower & Echo Brickell all topped out.

The non waterfront view of Miami looks like Manila or Jakarta or bit of Bangkok, end of conversation.

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This is now and with rain... by Aglez the city guy ☺, on Flickr

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City of Hollywood, Broward County, Florida, USA by jorge molina, on Flickr

Interesting to see Miami from another angle. Looks almost like a big Asian city from this vantage point.

Waterfront or not, Miami is incredible!

I think the non-waterfront pictures of the skyline are even more impressive.

A drone view from Little Havana's Calle' Ocho / S.W. 8th. Street
 

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Another aerial from Little Havana :

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Such a beautiful color variation you had. I liked the black and white one.