What is "brickell"

Brickell is an urban neighborhood of Greater Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. Directly south of the historic CBD, Brickell is Miami and South Florida's major financial district.

Brickell was settled in the modern era in the mid-1800s by early pioneers, growing to become Miami's " Millionaire's Row" in the early 1900s after the construction of lavish mansions along Brickell Avenue by Mary Brickell. By the 1970s, office towers, hotels and apartments began replacing the historic mansions. Today, Brickell has grown to overtake the city's historic central business district to the north, as one of the largest financial districts in the United States. With a fast-growing residential population, Brickell is one of Miami's fastest-growing as well as its most dense neighborhood, with a 2010 population of about 31,000.

Brickell has a large concentration of wealthy Argentine, Colombian, Cuban, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan residents. Many work in the neighborhood's financial and trade sectors, or live in Brickell part-time.

Brickell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Antonia Brickell, British radio personality
• Barry Brickell (born 1935), New Zealand potter and writer
• Butch Brickell (1957–2003), American racing driver
• Edie Brickell (born 1966), American singer-songwriter
• Fritz Brickell (1935–1965), American baseball player
• Richard Brickell (born 1975), British sport shooter
• William Brickell (1817–1908), American businessman and city founder
• Fred Brickell (1906–1961), American baseball player