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Beach Sign Trend: “More no trespassing signs popping up on private properties on Siesta Key beaches”
Photo: WWSP "Some resort and condo owners on Siesta Key have placed signs on the beach telling people to stay off their beach property... Sarasota County says they are aware of the situation and they are looking into the ordinance that governs the signage. Although...
“Whacky” interactive billboard: “Cadbury installs real-life Aussies on billboards to promote Caramilk”
Photo: Featured in Campaign "Out-of-home campaign tells people to 'Just ask an Aussie' Developed by VCCP, the campaign places a real-life Aussie (and Caramilk mega fan) on billboards across the UK, where passers-by can ask why the chocolate bar became such a hit Down...
Alachua’s Scenic Preservation: “Micanopy’s Tuscawilla Road gets scenic label”
Photo: Alachua County " County commissioners voted to designate it as a scenic road, allowing it additional protections and regulations. Alachua County got its first scenic road designation since 2004 — the county's sixth overall — Tuesday, with Micanopy's Tuscawilla...
“Florida wildflower mural covers up graffiti on wall of downtown Crestview bakery café”
Photo: Christina Donahon "In Crestview’s historic downtown distract, native Floridian wildflowers are sprouting on the side of a popular bakery café. The mural on Back Home Bakery Café’s rear side wall is a collaborative effort between building owner Kimberley Howard,...
A Historic Look At A Complete Streets Project: Anna Maria’s Scenic Intersection Across Decades
Before: Michael Wallwork, P.E. After: Michael Wallwork, P.E. 27 Years of Beauty: Michael Wallwork, P.E. Built in the 90s, a landscaped roundabout intersection in Bradenton Beach continues to showcase tropical foliage, is decorated during the holidays and continues to...
St. Petersburg: “EDGE District Sculpture Turns Heads”
Photo: Abby Baker "Drivers and sidewalk-goers in downtown St. Petersburg have likely speculated about the 30-foot, stone sun sculpture that shrinks surrounding buildings and its platform, a roundabout in the city’s bustling EDGE district. New York-based and...
“Bonita Springs wants private development, water access and more on riverfront land”
Photo: Alex Driehaus, Naples Daily News, USA Today - Florida Nework "A two-hour Bonita Springs City Council workshop on Wednesday ended with a 17-item design guide for developers interested in 5 acres along the Imperial River... The property sits on Old 41 Road and...
Clearwater: Imagine Master Plan for Downtown and Waterfront
"Imagine Clearwater is an investment in the redevelopment of Downtown Clearwater and its waterfront – including construction of a new 4,000-seat covered amphitheater in Coachman Park – that will be a must-see destination point in the Tampa Bay area. Designed to...
Clearwater: Vote on 15th raises final price tag to $84 million
Artist Rendering: Stantec "In May, as costs of building materials soared, City Council members postponed a groundbreaking for the downtown waterfront’s transformation until they got a final construction price from the contractor. Now Imagine Clearwater’s final price...
Jacksonville: “Our last best chance for a Jacksonville riverfront for all”
Illustration: Riverfront Parks Now "Downtown Jacksonville is clearly at a defining crossroads, and we implore city leaders to recognize what is at stake: the last, best chance to create a “Riverfront for All.” Jacksonville should follow the lead of cities that have...
Cotee River: “New Port Richey gets ready for a downtown renaissance”
Photo: Chris Urso, Tampa Bay Times "City leaders have pledged it is just the beginning. While the landscape changed for nearly everything in the last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, one Pasco County community managed to blossom, making tangible changes for its...
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Miami: Waterfront 62-story towers “This waterfront neighborhood continues to sprout. This time it’s getting twins”
Illustration: Arquitectonica "Think Edgewater’s dense enough? Just wait. The bayfront neighborhood is slated for the country’s tallest waterfront residential twin towers... The project will have two 62-story towers with a total of 782 units, said Melo Group...
Pensacola unveiled the latest designs to make Bruce Beach a waterfront city park
Illustration: HDR "The city has been working on a plan to improve Bruce Beach since it reopened to the public in 2018. In 2019, as part of CivicCon, the landscape architecture firm SCAPE developed a concept to improve Bruce Beach as one of its "catalytic" projects to...
St. Pete Beach Waterfront: “Developer unveils plans for $90M mixed-use project in St. Pete Beach”
Rendering: Ram Realty Advisors "The development team behind the proposed $90 million mixed-use project in St. Pete Beach publically unveiled conceptual renderings and plans for the first time. On Thursday, South Florida-based real estate firm Ram Realty Advisors...
Protecting a working commercial fishing waterfront: “City of Sebastian gives presentation on Fisherman’s Landing”
Photo: Sebastian Daily "Fisherman’s Landing is a working waterfront that secured funding from the Stan Mayfield Working Waterfront program administered through the Florida Communities Trust (FCT) ...the property containing Crab E Bills and the new parking area are a...
Master Planning: Why a city needs one to protect Florida’s scenic waterfronts
..."Jacksonville has long approached downtown development in a secretive and piecemeal fashion, and over the last few weeks this has resulted in several different groups offering up competing plans for parts of the city center. It's time for Jacksonville to create...
“$1.1 billion riverfront master plan proposed for downtown Jacksonville”
Photo: Gallery in Jacksonville Daily Record "Jacksonville developer Steve Atkins says he wants to lead a nearly $1.1 billion redevelopment of mostly city-owned property, including the former Jacksonville Landing, on a stretch of the Downtown Northbank riverfront. At...
Miami Art Murals Content Control Issue: “Wynwood is fighting a proliferation of commercial advertisement murals”
Photo: Wynwood BID "Go for a walk in Wynwood and you'll see the colorful, detailed work of street artists and graffitists whose creations have made the neighborhood a world-renowned destination. Along some storefronts, masquerading as art, you'll also see...
“The past lives on: The old Key West jail will be a museum”
Photo: In Keys Weekly "The fifth version of the Key West jail in Jackson Square on Whitehead Street was built in 1892 after a fire had reduced much of the island’s commercial center to ashes a few years prior. With 18,000 residents at the time, the city of Key West...