Miami City Hall, Rathaus in den Vereinigten Staaten

Miami City Hall occupies the former Pan American Airlines Terminal Building on Dinner Key in Coconut Grove, designed by Delano & Aldrich and built in 1934. The two-story white building has a flat roof and a slightly projecting central section; a band of blue and gold patterned tiles runs across the upper facade above large blue capital letters spelling "MIAMI CITY HALL". Below the inscription, three wide grids of glass blocks are separated by white piers, and a blue band above the ground-floor entrance frames glass doors.

Built in 1933, the building first served as a seaplane base for Pan American World Airways before transitioning to city government when the Miami City Commission moved in during 1954. This shift from an aviation terminal to municipal administration reflects Miami's evolution from an emerging air travel hub to a modern metropolitan center.

The building still carries traces of its seaplane terminal past, such as wing decorations and Pan Am colors on the beams throughout the space. These details remind visitors of the time when this was a major hub for air travel and show how Miami embraced the shift from aviation to modern city government.

Miami City Hall stands on Dinner Key in Coconut Grove, not downtown, at the former Pan American seaplane terminal. The main entrance faces the paved forecourt with palm trees, under the blue canopy bearing the building's name. Visitors approach from the Coconut Grove side; the two-story white facade with its blue tile band and glass-block grids is best seen from the forecourt.

The building opened in 1934 as the Pan American Airlines terminal on Dinner Key, and Pan Am's last seaplane flight from there left on August 9, 1945. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on February 20, 1975, and the city government moved in from downtown in 1954.