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Jeff LaHurd: Demolition of landmarks we have witnessed in Sarasota

After the bank failed the building was transformed into the Orange Blossom Hotel, and welcomed guests for many years; today it serves as exclusive Orange Blossom Tower Condominiums. Interestingly the 1920s era Otis elevator is still operational. One of the threads that runs throughout Sarasota’s history though, is a singular disregard for those places which made this area so unique and desirable. It does not matter if the site in question is on the Local Register of Historic Places, or the National Register of Historic places. Nor is it a concern that organizations such as the Historical Society of Sarasota County, the Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation, the John Ringling Centre Foundation, the Friends of Friendly Oaks, and STOP form to prevent historic losses. Community outcry has never stopped demolition. The deafness of city leaders underscores the city hall statue by Jack Cartlidge, “Nobody’s Listening.”

Who is paying for Sarasota s public art?

Who is paying for Sarasota’s public art? SARASOTA  Real estate developers often agree to finance neighborhood improvements, like a sidewalk or a park or a bus stop, to help secure approval for their projects. In Sarasota, they also bolster the city’s public art.  In the coming years, one of those developers will finance what will likely be the most widely seen public art piece in all of Sarasota.   Earlier this year, city commissioners agreed to begin searching for artists to design the piece that will go inside the roundabout on Gulfstream Avenue and U.S. 41 after construction is completed. 

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