Sunday, February 7, 2010

Pain Clinics...copy of e-mail sent to City Commissioners, Mayor, City Manager and Chair of Planning and Zoning Board.

This is a mistake...again from the City Manager's 2/5 report:

HISTORIC PRESERVATION
At the January 26, 2010 Commission Workshop, the City Commission discussed the
division of the Historic Resources Preservation Board from the Planning and Zoning
Board and requested that Staff present the item at a March Commission meeting.
Staff has begun the work to re-write the Historic Preservation Ordinance to amend
the Zoning Code and create the new board. Further updates will be reported as
further progress is made.

From the 2/5 "re-instated" City Manager's Report

CASINO UPDATE
The City of Lake Worth will be hosting a Special Meeting on February 13, 2010, to
hear presentations from all of the firms that submitted responses to the Casino
RFQ. The Meeting will last from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; during this meeting we will
hear from 14 different architectural/engineering firms. The firms will explain their
proposed project teams, describe their conceptual drawing of the casino site, and
answer City Commission questions. This will be a public meeting, and will be a great
opportunity for residents to get a “first glance” at the future of the Lake Worth Municipal
Casino Building. Below is a schedule of presentation times.
Casino Rehabilitation Presentation - Special Meeting
8:00 – 8:30 Arrivals
8:30 – 9:00 REG Architects
9:00 – 9:30 Architectural Dimensions p.a.
9:30 – 10:00 Donaldson Group
10:00 – 10:30 Break/catch up
10:30 – 11:00 Bessolo
11:00 – 11:30 Beilinson Gomez
11:30 – 12:00 Living Designs Group
12:00 – 12:30 West Architecture
12:30 – 1:00 Gestalt
1:00 – 2:00 lunch
2:00 – 2:30 David Godwin
2:30 – 3:00 RS Architects
3:00 – 3:30 Slattery & Associates
3:30 – 4:00 Zeidler
4:00 – 4:30 BRPH
4:30 – 5:00 Song + Associates

Zeidler renderings included in RFQ Casino response

West Architecture rendering included in the RFQ response re Casino building



This is a Lake Worth firm.

Song and Associates' renderings in response to Casino RFQ


Saturday, February 6, 2010

REG's renderings as included in the RFQ response re Casino building

This is Rick Gonzalez' firm.  They worked on some projects while I was with the Mar-a-Lago Club and Trump International.  He also did the Courthouse restoration in downtown West Palm Beach and the "Harriet" at City Place, among others.

Living Designs Group Renderings from RFQ Response

This is John Szerdi's firm, who did the EcoCentre building in downtown Lake Worth.  The building will employ significant green building techniques.

Friday, February 5, 2010

What one of our respondents did in honor of this Super Bowl...






Beilinson Gomez Architect P.A. announces that their Super Bowl Sculpture was unveiled on January 29th on Ocean Drive in the historic Miami Beach Architectural District.

Beilinson Gomez Architects P.A. was selected to design this year's super bowl sculpture to commemorate the ten super bowls that have been played in Miami.  The sculpture consists of two tapered arches that support a football between them.  The arches represent the Orange Bowl and the Dolphin Stadium, each hosting five super bowls.

The 23' tall steel sculpture spans Ocean Drive, and is constructed of steel recycled from the Orange Bowl and the Dolphin Stadium.

It is important that the Super Bowl host committee selected Ocean Drive as the site for this year's super bowl sculpture as Beilinson Gomez Architects P.A. are responsible for the restoration of many of the hotels and restaurants on Ocean Drive.  This effort has resulted in Ocean Drive being one of the most visited historic destinations in the country.
BEILINSON_GOMEZ ARCHITECTS PA / 8101 BISCAYNE BLVD. SUITE 309_310 / MIAMI / FL / 33138


                                                                                                              beilinsonarchitectspa.com

Boil Water Notice February 9, 2010 from 9am to 3pm

BOIL WATER NOTICE
 February 9,2010
Approximately 37 homes
Water will be turned off from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
(1)   The following address located on of Harvard Drive,
- Addresses are:
4       12      20      26

(2)  Residents residing on Vassar Drive - Addresses are:
187     185     177     173     165     161     155     151     145     137     127
123     115     111

(3)  Residents residing North Lakeside Drive - Addresses are:
2200    2212    2216    2301    2313


(4)  Residents residing Bryn Mawr Drive- Addresses are:
110     120     122     130     136     132     138     154     158     164     170     178     184
188

Gestalt Design Studio's Response - a Lake Worth firm - to the Casino RFQ



Manuel Occhiogrosso is the President of the firm and is on the Planning and Zoning Board.

Has anyone ever noticed what the banner of this blog has been for the past four years?

Thursday, February 4, 2010

More will come tomorrow...

One that jumps out to me so far in terms of design and historic preservation is the version presented by Beilinson/Gomez.  It is very literal and includes actual elements of restoration, keeping the southern, two story part of the building intact design-wise.  Then they recreate the original building in its former location - with a modern design device separating the two styles.  It shows how the building progressed over time and the modern element is there as if to say they aren't trying to fool anyone.  So far, this comes closest to being consistent with the Secretary of Interior Standards for Historic Preservation.

Donaldson Group did not submit renderings with their RFQ...

...however they do have examples of previous work in the response.

Godwin Renderings - part of RFQ on Beach Casino Building...

BRPH Casino Building Plans from RFQ Response


This is the firm that was involved earlier - brought in by the tenants and Commissioner Mulvehill.

Bessolo did not include renderings with their RFQ response...

...click here for their proposal.  They do include pictures of previous projects.

Renderings/Plans from Beilinson Gomez

Beach Casino RFQ Responses

I'm in the process of going through the responses.  I'll be separating out the graphics from the packages and post them here.  Be aware that these are highly conceptual and subject to change based upon Commission and resident input - at least one would hope.  These will be put up in the order they appear on the city's website.  Commentary on the proposals will come later.

Renderings/Plans from the Architectural Dimensions Response - Casino RFQ