Part of A Miami Stopover · AN EXPATVISTA COLLECTION
Welcome to Wynwood.
We arrived in Wynwood late the previous afternoon, dropped our bags at the hotel, freshened up, and headed straight back out for dinner at COTE.
Between the Uber rides, the walk to dinner, and the return later that night, we got an immediate sense of the neighborhood: murals everywhere, construction cranes, warehouse blocks, cafés, galleries, and a constant feeling that the area was still changing in real time.
The next morning, we headed out for coffee and kept walking.
A few images from the walk.
One of the side streets we wandered down that morning.
The neighborhood trolley passing another large-scale mural.
Luxury apartments, murals, and Starbucks all sharing the same corner.
Construction equipment parked beneath one of the newer apartment murals.
A police SUV parked beneath one of Wynwood’s more surreal murals.
Street art and parked cars around nearly every corner.
One of the larger portrait murals rising above the surrounding storefronts.
Street-level restaurants and murals blended together throughout the district.
Murals and leasing signs shared the same walls.
Not every mural revealed itself all at once.
Murals extended well beyond the main streets.
Some corners felt more layered and chaotic than others.
A quieter block dominated by typography and utility wires.
Commercial branding increasingly mixed into the visual landscape.
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