Feb 26, 2026 - Development
What did Wynwood look like in 2019? Photos show how development changed area
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North Miami Avenue in 2019 versus 2024. Image: Google Street View. Animation: Brendan Lynch/Axios
If you haven't been to Wynwood in a few years, you would hardly recognize it today.
- "It just feels like a brand new neighborhood," William Kelley, executive director of the Wynwood Business Improvement District, tells Axios.
Flashback: Before he was hired in September, Kelley first visited Wynwood in 2019 for Art Basel.
- When he sees photos of what the area used to look like, he says, "It's night and day."
Zoom in: Take, for example, these Google Street View photos of the corner of North Miami Avenue and Northwest 28th Street — one from 2020 and the other from 2025.
- The sports bar Grails is still there, but what's behind it has completely changed.
- New neighbors include the co-living concept i5 Wynwood, the mixed-use development Wynwood Plaza and the office building Gateway at Wynwood.
Meanwhile, on Northwest Second Avenue, longtime businesses like Coyo Taco, Aviator Nation and Panther Coffee have survived the development around them.
- The apartment complex Society Wynwood launched in 2024, leasing ground-floor retail space to chains such as Starbucks, Dave's Hot Chicken and others.
