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First Pier Approach public workshop scheduled for same day as Presidential Preference Primary

Published on February 11, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

It’s been a while since much has happened in the Pier debacle. The inverted pyramid has been gone for months and design teams and the city are working behind the scenes to finalize details on the new Pier. Those designers are about to come out from behind the curtain. On March 15th, the team working on the Pier Approach – not the Pier itself – will meet with members of the public to discuss that portion of the project. The…

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Pier Park design is working out growing pains

Published on October 22, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Pier Park is still Pier Park. That’s according to the architects building it and the city staff working with them. But that doesn’t mean preliminary plans on how to accomplish building the design are still exactly the same as they were when the public first heard about it. And guess what — that’s OK. During a workshop Thursday morning, designers with Rogers Partners and ASD architecture firms met with St. Pete City Council to go over progress on fine tuning…

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Pier Park is coming — meet its creators

Published on September 3, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Now that the St. Petersburg Pier is officially being toppled – cranes and heavy machinery eat away at the inverted pyramid a little more each day – it’s about time to start looking a little further into the team working to replace it. The groups involved include New York-based Rogers Partners Architects, the Tampa-based architectural firm ASD, Ken Smith Landscape Architecture and St. Pete’s Booth’s Design Group. The team was assembled by ASD to include a combination of big-name, nationally…

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Now that it’s bested the competition, here’s a closer look at Pier Park

Published on April 25, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

After two “final” meetings reaching about 21 hours of debate, presentations and public comment, the Pier Selection Committee finally issued its ranking of three final St. Pete Pier design teams. The honor Thursday night just before the calendar rolled over to the next day went to Pier Park. “It was all because of our supporters,” said Ken Cowart, an architect working on the winning design. “It was amazing leading up to it. Just every other day someone reaching out and asking…

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