Modernism The Recent Past in Florida
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Metro Crawl this Friday - Miami Energing Green Builders.
This friday start the Halloween weekend of right by joining the Emerging Green Builders of the USGBC South Florida for a fun twist on the pub crawl...a metro crawl. The event will start and end in South Miami with a hop on the metro to Tobacco Road. Sure to be a fun and green time!
October 30, 2009.
see flyer for more information
Village Green Man
Monday, October 26, 2009
Plastic...and the effects. Midway Atoll
It is very frustrating and a urgent reminder to change our wasteful ways when looking at images like the dead albatrosses at Midway Atoll...
http://chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=11
Think about these, next time you throw away plastic or purchase something in plastic! Help make a difference to prevent more atrocities like this to occur and continue.
Village Green Man
http://chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=11
Think about these, next time you throw away plastic or purchase something in plastic! Help make a difference to prevent more atrocities like this to occur and continue.
Village Green Man
Friday, October 23, 2009
Virginia Key News - Miami
THank you Blanca for sharing this.
Tomorrow planting day...volunteer and help. See below for other updates realting to Virgina Key.
Village Green Man
VIRGINIA KEY DUNE PLANTING Oct. 24 - International Day of Climate Action Urban Paradise Guild invites volunteers to help plant the new dunes on Virginia Key. http://www.urban-paradise.org/node/130 as part of the International Day of Climate Action http://www.350.org/node/7972
GHOST OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT influenced Virginia Key Master Plan delay
The Miami City Commission voted 4-0 to defer Virginia Key Master Plan until May, 2010. This gives more time to public input and the opportunity to develop a plan that preserves the ecology, cultural and historic assets and beauty of the island.
Miami Commissioner Tomas Regalado invoked the memory of conservation president Teddy Roosevelt to make his decision."What would Roosevelt say?" Regalado asked, recounting the conservation president who created five national parks during his tenure.“I think he would say, if you want to make money from Virginia Key you don’t develop the place. There’s nothing else like this.” Regalado said preserving the island’s beauty and nature and restoring the Marine Stadium would bring people from all over the world to Miami, to photograph and visit the unique wilderness island next to a major city."History will judge what we do with this island. We need to get it right," Regalado said. More details on Commission meeting: http://urbanenvironmentleague.blogspot.com/search/label/Virginia%20Key
MIAMI MARINE STADIUM one of 93 sites worldwide named to "Watch List" by World Monuments Fund. http://www.wmf.org/project/commodore-ralph-middleton-munroe-miami-marine-stadium"Why it matters: .... the stadium represents the modernity of a growing city and the international cultural influences that helped shape it. Miami Marine Stadium defined a significant shift in American architectural style from staid civic buildings to exuberant structures reflecting changing tastes and a desire to project the city as a forward-looking place.
Newstory: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091019/ap_on_re_us/us_miami_marine_stadium
JIMBO'S SENDS OUT AN SOS Friends of Jimbo say that the city has reinstituted a $5 entrance fee even for those just going to Jimbos and this could drive Jimbo out of business. Details on this and the day of action Nov. 14:http://www.jimbosplace.com/SaveJimbos.html"Jimbo's is known..as one of the last refuges from the urban sprawl of Miami."http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jimbos-place-flipper-tv-location/
Tomorrow planting day...volunteer and help. See below for other updates realting to Virgina Key.
Village Green Man
VIRGINIA KEY DUNE PLANTING Oct. 24 - International Day of Climate Action Urban Paradise Guild invites volunteers to help plant the new dunes on Virginia Key. http://www.urban-paradise.org/node/130 as part of the International Day of Climate Action http://www.350.org/node/7972
GHOST OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT influenced Virginia Key Master Plan delay
The Miami City Commission voted 4-0 to defer Virginia Key Master Plan until May, 2010. This gives more time to public input and the opportunity to develop a plan that preserves the ecology, cultural and historic assets and beauty of the island.
Miami Commissioner Tomas Regalado invoked the memory of conservation president Teddy Roosevelt to make his decision."What would Roosevelt say?" Regalado asked, recounting the conservation president who created five national parks during his tenure.“I think he would say, if you want to make money from Virginia Key you don’t develop the place. There’s nothing else like this.” Regalado said preserving the island’s beauty and nature and restoring the Marine Stadium would bring people from all over the world to Miami, to photograph and visit the unique wilderness island next to a major city."History will judge what we do with this island. We need to get it right," Regalado said. More details on Commission meeting: http://urbanenvironmentleague.blogspot.com/search/label/Virginia%20Key
MIAMI MARINE STADIUM one of 93 sites worldwide named to "Watch List" by World Monuments Fund. http://www.wmf.org/project/commodore-ralph-middleton-munroe-miami-marine-stadium"Why it matters: .... the stadium represents the modernity of a growing city and the international cultural influences that helped shape it. Miami Marine Stadium defined a significant shift in American architectural style from staid civic buildings to exuberant structures reflecting changing tastes and a desire to project the city as a forward-looking place.
Newstory: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091019/ap_on_re_us/us_miami_marine_stadium
JIMBO'S SENDS OUT AN SOS Friends of Jimbo say that the city has reinstituted a $5 entrance fee even for those just going to Jimbos and this could drive Jimbo out of business. Details on this and the day of action Nov. 14:http://www.jimbosplace.com/SaveJimbos.html"Jimbo's is known..as one of the last refuges from the urban sprawl of Miami."http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jimbos-place-flipper-tv-location/
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
even more Marine Stadium news...
...this time from the Associated Press...
read the articel here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091019/ap_on_re_us/us_miami_marine_stadium
Vilalge Green Man
read the articel here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091019/ap_on_re_us/us_miami_marine_stadium
Vilalge Green Man
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Watson Island building proposal - a new Miami
This is truely amazing! giving a entirely new look to the entrance from Miami to Miami Beach. Talk about building, green buidlig, any building...
http://www.miapoliscity.com/proposal.html
Village Green Man
http://www.miapoliscity.com/proposal.html
Village Green Man
Monday, October 19, 2009
More great Miami Marine Stadium News!
As a supporter of the effort to save the Miami Marine Stadium, I have posted a number of good news and events in the past. Here is the latest update from the Friends of Marine Stadium
learn more and support the effort at:
Friends of Marine Stadium
http://www.marinestadium.org/
Vilalge Green Man
We've got more good news to report. The Marine Stadium has been named to the 2010 Watch List of the World Monuments Fund.World Monuments Fund (website, wmf.org) is the foremost organization dedicated to the preservation of significant architectural and cultural heritage sites worldwide.
Every two years, they publish a list of significant sites that are considered to be endangered. The Marine Stadium made the list, which includes sites such as New Gourna Village in Luxor, Egypt, the Desert Castles of Ancient Khorzim in Uzbekistan, Taliesen and Taliesen West (Frank Lloyd Wright), the Historic City Center of Buenos Aires, and Antonio's Gaudi's Temple Expiatori De La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. You can go to the World Monuments Fund website to see the complete list.
Inclusion in this list brings the Marine Stadium extraordinary international recognition and it also continues and expands our involvement with the World Monuments Fund. In October, 2008, we received a letter of endorsement from the Fund. And in June, 2009, the World Monuments Fund helped finance and organize an independent engineering study of the Marine Stadium. The field work for the study was completed last week and we hope to have the results in the next several months.
Publicity:
The recent endorsements of the World Monuments Fund and Jimmy Buffett have presented us with a terrific press opportunity. Violette Sproul and Penny Lambeth are now developing a national PR campaign. We are seeing strong interest, and we have already been contacted by some major publications.
Press is significant because it generates valuable contacts, awareness, and credibility.
Virginia Key Master Plan
On October 8, the revised Virginia Key Master Plan was presented to the Miami City Commission. After many speakers and much discussion, the Commission decided to request more work be done on the plan and to have it come back to the Commission in May of 2010.
We are very pleased with the result. The most recent draft was much improved, but we believe more work is needed to be done. It will also provide an opportunity for the new Administration and Commission (Mayoral and Commission elections in early November) to continue moving the process forward.
We must caution, however, that given the current economic environment, there is no direct funding anticipated for any of portion of the plan-including the Marine Stadium.
Delay of the plan provides us with additional time to scope out the feasibility of the Marine Stadium-and to seek additional funding sources.
Finally, we might note that the Administration has decided not to appeal the October, 2008 decision of the City's Historic and Environmental Preservation Board to include both the Marine Stadium basin and an envelope of land around the Stadium in their historic designation. This is also good news-it will both increase the liklihood that we will be able to access historic tax credits and it will help assure that any new construction near the stadium goes through a design review process to assure compatibility.
Save The Date!
Our "parent" organization, Dade Heritage Trust, will be holding a fundraiser at Crazy Pianos in Coconut Grove on November 10, 6:30 PM-8:30 PM. More information will follow in future updates. At the fundraiser, we will be unveiling Preservation Today, a magazine style publication that will feature articles and photographs on the Miami Marine Stadium. We are very excited about this publication-the galley proofs look great. All members of Dade Heritage Trust and Friends of Marine Stadium will receive a copy of it.
If you would like to make sure you get a copy, please consider becoming a member of Friends of Marine Stadium. Attached is our membership form; the $60 contribution is tax deductible, allows you to support our effort to restore the Marine Stadium, and provides you with a membership in Dade. Heritage Trust, Miami Dade County's foremost preservation organization.
Conclusion
The successful restoration and operation of the Marine Stadium is a very large and complex task, and we should not underestimate the challenges.
But we've had a good month. Actually, a very good month. So enjoy the attached image of the Marine Stadium by Coconut Grove activist and photographer Harry Emilio Gottlieb.
Does the Stadium look like the jaws of an alligator or origami? You decide.
And since we're in a really good mood, attached to this email is another image (just click to open the file)-of Jimmy Buffett jumping off the floating stage at the Stadium at the end of a concert.
learn more and support the effort at:
Friends of Marine Stadium
http://www.marinestadium.org/
Vilalge Green Man
We've got more good news to report. The Marine Stadium has been named to the 2010 Watch List of the World Monuments Fund.World Monuments Fund (website, wmf.org) is the foremost organization dedicated to the preservation of significant architectural and cultural heritage sites worldwide.
Every two years, they publish a list of significant sites that are considered to be endangered. The Marine Stadium made the list, which includes sites such as New Gourna Village in Luxor, Egypt, the Desert Castles of Ancient Khorzim in Uzbekistan, Taliesen and Taliesen West (Frank Lloyd Wright), the Historic City Center of Buenos Aires, and Antonio's Gaudi's Temple Expiatori De La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. You can go to the World Monuments Fund website to see the complete list.
Inclusion in this list brings the Marine Stadium extraordinary international recognition and it also continues and expands our involvement with the World Monuments Fund. In October, 2008, we received a letter of endorsement from the Fund. And in June, 2009, the World Monuments Fund helped finance and organize an independent engineering study of the Marine Stadium. The field work for the study was completed last week and we hope to have the results in the next several months.
Publicity:
The recent endorsements of the World Monuments Fund and Jimmy Buffett have presented us with a terrific press opportunity. Violette Sproul and Penny Lambeth are now developing a national PR campaign. We are seeing strong interest, and we have already been contacted by some major publications.
Press is significant because it generates valuable contacts, awareness, and credibility.
Virginia Key Master Plan
On October 8, the revised Virginia Key Master Plan was presented to the Miami City Commission. After many speakers and much discussion, the Commission decided to request more work be done on the plan and to have it come back to the Commission in May of 2010.
We are very pleased with the result. The most recent draft was much improved, but we believe more work is needed to be done. It will also provide an opportunity for the new Administration and Commission (Mayoral and Commission elections in early November) to continue moving the process forward.
We must caution, however, that given the current economic environment, there is no direct funding anticipated for any of portion of the plan-including the Marine Stadium.
Delay of the plan provides us with additional time to scope out the feasibility of the Marine Stadium-and to seek additional funding sources.
Finally, we might note that the Administration has decided not to appeal the October, 2008 decision of the City's Historic and Environmental Preservation Board to include both the Marine Stadium basin and an envelope of land around the Stadium in their historic designation. This is also good news-it will both increase the liklihood that we will be able to access historic tax credits and it will help assure that any new construction near the stadium goes through a design review process to assure compatibility.
Save The Date!
Our "parent" organization, Dade Heritage Trust, will be holding a fundraiser at Crazy Pianos in Coconut Grove on November 10, 6:30 PM-8:30 PM. More information will follow in future updates. At the fundraiser, we will be unveiling Preservation Today, a magazine style publication that will feature articles and photographs on the Miami Marine Stadium. We are very excited about this publication-the galley proofs look great. All members of Dade Heritage Trust and Friends of Marine Stadium will receive a copy of it.
If you would like to make sure you get a copy, please consider becoming a member of Friends of Marine Stadium. Attached is our membership form; the $60 contribution is tax deductible, allows you to support our effort to restore the Marine Stadium, and provides you with a membership in Dade. Heritage Trust, Miami Dade County's foremost preservation organization.
Conclusion
The successful restoration and operation of the Marine Stadium is a very large and complex task, and we should not underestimate the challenges.
But we've had a good month. Actually, a very good month. So enjoy the attached image of the Marine Stadium by Coconut Grove activist and photographer Harry Emilio Gottlieb.
Does the Stadium look like the jaws of an alligator or origami? You decide.
And since we're in a really good mood, attached to this email is another image (just click to open the file)-of Jimmy Buffett jumping off the floating stage at the Stadium at the end of a concert.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Architecture for Humanity First annual party!!! - Miami Chapter October 23, 7 pm!
Do not miss the first annual Retrosp[A]ctive party from the Miami Chapter of Architecture for Humanity. Learn what was accomplished in the first year and be part of what is happening for the next!
Ocotber 23, 2009 from 7-10 pm. 7610 NE 4th Court.
Village Green Man
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tetris House – Pinecrest
Eurohabitat contracted Sebastian Eilert Architecture for the new LEED certified home to be erected in Pinecrest. This is likely to be the first certified home in this town. The project will go beyond the LEED standard and will evaluate and provide truly sustainable living concepts with a strong European influence.
The project will have a central pool and very clear lines that will use it as a centrepiece. The project name, “Tetris” is reflected in plan and elevation and will be more than just an architectural exercise. The use of materials, landscape, forms and finishes will reflect innovation, user friendliness and creative design.
Some key features beyond the pool, will be a roof terrace, natural light throughout, a vegetated growing wall and solar panels, among other. Check back for project updates.
http://eurohabitatgreen.com/
Village Green Man
The project will have a central pool and very clear lines that will use it as a centrepiece. The project name, “Tetris” is reflected in plan and elevation and will be more than just an architectural exercise. The use of materials, landscape, forms and finishes will reflect innovation, user friendliness and creative design.
Some key features beyond the pool, will be a roof terrace, natural light throughout, a vegetated growing wall and solar panels, among other. Check back for project updates.
http://eurohabitatgreen.com/
Village Green Man
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Global Heritage Fund on CNN
A note from teh Global Heritage Fund about upcoming features on CNN. Very worth watcing and supporting!
Village Green Man
In their words:
"Dear Friends and Supporters of Global Heritage Fund,
CNN International’s "World's Untold Stories" will air a 30-minute Special on GHF’s work in conservation, community training and development to help preserve the Mirador Basin in Guatemala.
Despite 6 years of progress and $6 million invested, Mirador still faces accelerating threats, including massive fires and looting, illegal logging, poaching and encroachment.
Below are the air dates for the 30-minute special on the work of GHF at Mirador. Only Available on CNN International.
Tuesday, Oct 13 8:30 AM ET, 12:30pm ET
Saturday, Oct 17 12:30pm ET
Sunday, Oct 18 7am ET, 2:30pm ET, 10pm ET
Tuesday, Oct 27 8:30am ET 1:30pm ET
Saturday, Oct 31 12:30pm ET
Sunday, Nov 1 7am ET, 2:30pm ET, 10pm ET
*note: CNN International is a different channel than CNN. Please check your local channel guide.
Nearby Tikal National Park generates over $240 million a year in revenues, and has been protected thanks to its tourism and national park status. Mirador, like Tikal, is the Number One economic opportunity for Guatemala and its people - if GHF can help save it before it's too late.
"World's Untold Stories" showcases courageous correspondents telling intimate stories of society's most vulnerable people. Renowned archaeologist Dr. Richard Hansen and I are interviewed by CNNi on the challenges and solutions for Mirador’s future.
This is GHF's first broadcast Special by CNN, and we hope global media exposure will elevate the global crisis of our endangered and vanishing heritage, and propose new, innovative solutions for heritage conservation and community development.
Please share this with friends and family.
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GlobalHeritageFund/d345097448/92c4667fea/c8c93b9631
To make a donation, please go to:
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GlobalHeritageFund/d345097448/92c4667fea/e3542d60f4"
Village Green Man
In their words:
"Dear Friends and Supporters of Global Heritage Fund,
CNN International’s "World's Untold Stories" will air a 30-minute Special on GHF’s work in conservation, community training and development to help preserve the Mirador Basin in Guatemala.
Despite 6 years of progress and $6 million invested, Mirador still faces accelerating threats, including massive fires and looting, illegal logging, poaching and encroachment.
Below are the air dates for the 30-minute special on the work of GHF at Mirador. Only Available on CNN International.
Tuesday, Oct 13 8:30 AM ET, 12:30pm ET
Saturday, Oct 17 12:30pm ET
Sunday, Oct 18 7am ET, 2:30pm ET, 10pm ET
Tuesday, Oct 27 8:30am ET 1:30pm ET
Saturday, Oct 31 12:30pm ET
Sunday, Nov 1 7am ET, 2:30pm ET, 10pm ET
*note: CNN International is a different channel than CNN. Please check your local channel guide.
Nearby Tikal National Park generates over $240 million a year in revenues, and has been protected thanks to its tourism and national park status. Mirador, like Tikal, is the Number One economic opportunity for Guatemala and its people - if GHF can help save it before it's too late.
"World's Untold Stories" showcases courageous correspondents telling intimate stories of society's most vulnerable people. Renowned archaeologist Dr. Richard Hansen and I are interviewed by CNNi on the challenges and solutions for Mirador’s future.
This is GHF's first broadcast Special by CNN, and we hope global media exposure will elevate the global crisis of our endangered and vanishing heritage, and propose new, innovative solutions for heritage conservation and community development.
Please share this with friends and family.
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GlobalHeritageFund/d345097448/92c4667fea/c8c93b9631
To make a donation, please go to:
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GlobalHeritageFund/d345097448/92c4667fea/e3542d60f4"
Monday, October 12, 2009
Emerging Green Builders "How to LEED..." Series. Lake Worth
The next installment of the South Florida Emerging Green Builders is set for October 24th at the Eco Center in Lake Worth. Please see flyer below for more information.
Village Green Man
Village Green Man
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Jimmy Buffet PSA for Marine Stadium
We are all very pleased that we have this great support for our efforts to save the Marine Stadium. See below article from the Miami Herald.
to learn about what you can do, click here: http://www.marinestadium.org/
to check out the YouTube, clikc here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28sHaUUQkQI
Village Green man
Posted on Wed, Sep. 30, 2009
Jimmy Buffett joins effort to restore Miami Marine Stadium
BY ANDRES VIGLUCCIaviglucci@MiamiHerald.com
An old pirate has joined the fight to rescue a favorite haunt from the pillages of neglect.
Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett has publicly endorsed preservationists' efforts to restore and reopen the city-owned Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key, the site of many a Parrothead's fondest -- if also foggy -- memories.
In a newly released public-service spot, intercut with video from a 1985 Marine Stadium show that Buffett calls one of his Coral Reefer Band's best, the singer urges fans to support restoration of the graffiti-covered architectural landmark, closed since 1992.
``It's a symbol of everything that's great about Florida -- boats, music, water and great Florida fun,'' a smiling Buffett says as a live version of Margaritaville from the stadium show plays in the background.. ``The stadium deserves a future.''
The concert shots illustrate why the stadium, designed for speedboat racing, proved a memorable concert venue: A packed grandstand sways to the Coral Reefers, who play on a floating stage surrounded by anchored boats and mobs of people splashing in the water and bobbing on kayaks or inflatables.
Stadium supporters say snagging the support of the singer, a God-like figure to the multitudes of worshipers at the church of Buffett, took a year and represents a coup for their campaign.
``He is the single performer who is most identified with that stadium,'' said Don Worth, a founder of Friends of Miami Marine Stadium, which has been leading the preservation effort with Dade Heritage Trust. ``I like to think we proved ourselves to him. It's a huge credibility boost for us.''
The campaign won historic designation from the city for the stadium, which sits at the edge of a man-made water basin, and garnered worldwide attention for the grandstand and its dramatic folded-concrete roof, increasingly recognized as an architectural and engineering masterpiece.
But supporters recognize the financially strapped city is unlikely to foot the cost of restoring and operating the stadium by itself.
With the city's agreement, the World Monuments Fund has commissioned a privately-funded, $50,000 engineering study of the stadium to determine its structural condition and the extent of needed repairs, Worth said. The study is scheduled to begin this week.
The group's fondest wish: ``To have Jimmy Buffett at the Marine Stadium again,'' said Dade Heritage Trust Director Becky Roper Matkov.
Is Jimmy game? Sure sounds like it. ``We had a great time at the marine stadium,'' he says in the spot. ``Let's do it again.''
to learn about what you can do, click here: http://www.marinestadium.org/
to check out the YouTube, clikc here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28sHaUUQkQI
Village Green man
Posted on Wed, Sep. 30, 2009
Jimmy Buffett joins effort to restore Miami Marine Stadium
BY ANDRES VIGLUCCIaviglucci@MiamiHerald.com
An old pirate has joined the fight to rescue a favorite haunt from the pillages of neglect.
Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett has publicly endorsed preservationists' efforts to restore and reopen the city-owned Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key, the site of many a Parrothead's fondest -- if also foggy -- memories.
In a newly released public-service spot, intercut with video from a 1985 Marine Stadium show that Buffett calls one of his Coral Reefer Band's best, the singer urges fans to support restoration of the graffiti-covered architectural landmark, closed since 1992.
``It's a symbol of everything that's great about Florida -- boats, music, water and great Florida fun,'' a smiling Buffett says as a live version of Margaritaville from the stadium show plays in the background.. ``The stadium deserves a future.''
The concert shots illustrate why the stadium, designed for speedboat racing, proved a memorable concert venue: A packed grandstand sways to the Coral Reefers, who play on a floating stage surrounded by anchored boats and mobs of people splashing in the water and bobbing on kayaks or inflatables.
Stadium supporters say snagging the support of the singer, a God-like figure to the multitudes of worshipers at the church of Buffett, took a year and represents a coup for their campaign.
``He is the single performer who is most identified with that stadium,'' said Don Worth, a founder of Friends of Miami Marine Stadium, which has been leading the preservation effort with Dade Heritage Trust. ``I like to think we proved ourselves to him. It's a huge credibility boost for us.''
The campaign won historic designation from the city for the stadium, which sits at the edge of a man-made water basin, and garnered worldwide attention for the grandstand and its dramatic folded-concrete roof, increasingly recognized as an architectural and engineering masterpiece.
But supporters recognize the financially strapped city is unlikely to foot the cost of restoring and operating the stadium by itself.
With the city's agreement, the World Monuments Fund has commissioned a privately-funded, $50,000 engineering study of the stadium to determine its structural condition and the extent of needed repairs, Worth said. The study is scheduled to begin this week.
The group's fondest wish: ``To have Jimmy Buffett at the Marine Stadium again,'' said Dade Heritage Trust Director Becky Roper Matkov.
Is Jimmy game? Sure sounds like it. ``We had a great time at the marine stadium,'' he says in the spot. ``Let's do it again.''
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