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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

New Facebook Page Pitches the 'Lens'

A new Facebook page was created this week in support of the controversial "Lens" pier design, which is slated to replace the existing St. Petersburg Pier.

You may have sen Anthony Sullivan hawking OxiClean but now the famous pitchman is trying to sell something else — The "Lens".  That's right, the former Billy Mays business partner is a fan of Michael Maltzan Architecture's "Lens" design, which is slated to replace the existing St. Petersburg Pier.  Sullivan confirmed his support of the "Lens" in an interview with the Tampa Bay Times and on Twitter.  "This is more than the Pier. This is about the St. Petersburg waterfront and I think the Lens has a wow factor. ... I think we are so privileged that we have something architecturally significant in St. Petersburg," he said. On Oct. 21, Sullivan created a Facebook page promoting the "Lens," called "WOW Our Waterfront St. Pete."  The page, …

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Friday, May 25, 2012

'Lens' Public Meetings Set

Mayor Bill Foster announced today that the Pier meetings will be June 7, 12, 14 and 19.

Last week the St. Petersburg City Council approved the first contract with Michael Maltzan Architecture for the design of the Lens, which will replace the Pier. Before the next step, the city and Maltzan will collect more feedback from the public on the refinement of the project Friday, Mayor Bill Foster announced four public meetings on the Lens design: According to the city, these meetings will be held in advance of Michael Maltzan's visit to St. Petersburg to meet with City Council and project and community leaders in August. In this week's "Mayor Bill Foster's Weekly Forecast," Foster explains the city's thinking about why the new design is a better option than refurbishing the existing Pier. He talks about the weakening pier …

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2:12 pm on Sunday, May 27, 2012

The mayor has been quoted as saying that St Pete is being "rebranded"....this is what he and others in local gov't are trying to do....rebranding St Pete with the arts as the major draw for visitors and new residents. Good luck! Not going to happen! It would be much better to integrate St Pete into the region with a ferry service across the bay to Tampa and a real streetcar like real cities have…   more ›

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