This area is also undergoing a major revival and explosive redevelopment extending north from downtown. The push is driven by a growing desire of people to leave the monotony of the suburbs and live in a vital, stimulating, urban environment filled with interesting restaurants, live music, art galleries and walkable streets. North of downtown, Biscayne Boulevard is being transformed into a gracious pedestrian promenade worthy of its name, with sculpted medians, paved sidewalks and abundant landscaping. The upcoming Museum Park (at the current Bicentennial Park site) will be a waterfront park with vast green spaces in a 29-acre site. It will also be the home of a new Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium and the new Miami Art Museum. As Miami s version of Central Park, it will rival the greatest public spaces of the world, becoming a magnet for locals and visitors alike and transforming lower Biscayne Boulevard into a vibrant neighborhood. Just north of the planned Museum Park, the new Performing Arts Center, which will be the cultural focal point of downtown Miami, is now taking shape on Biscayne Boulevard. It will be a world-class venue including a 2,200 seat symphony hall, a 2,480 seat ballet opera house, a 200-seat studio theater, and the new headquarters of the Florida Grand Opera. The center will become the nucleus of the arts and entertainment district, transforming South Florida into the cultural capital of the Americas. And further north along Biscayne Boulevard is The Miami Design District, an 18 square block community overflowing with exciting interior design showrooms and stores, art studios and galleries, movie production and theatrical costume companies, and much more. The area s vast galleries can be explored during Gallery Night the second Friday of each month.