Posts Tagged ‘Southwest’
Best of the Suncoast 2009: Best new building design
BEST NEW BUILDING DESIGNPlanned Parenthood of Southwest & Central FloridaSarasota’s new buildings are sleek, attractive and well designed. Perhaps the most outstanding example goes to the new Planned Parenthood center. Walking into this building makes one forget that we live in the pink, stip-mall capital of Bee Ridge, Fruitville and 41. Instead, this building evokes light and airy. The entire building has an openness to it; there are no rough edges. Offices are separated by floor-to-ceiling win
Western Herald sports thought of the day
By Mike Feld Western Herald For those unaware, it’s rivalry week at Western Michigan University. Yes, those hated enemies from the flat, plain‑filled land that is Mt. Pleasant will pack its Central Michigan University on charter buses headed Southwest towards Kalamazoo this weekend. For the newbies to this debacle that is a week’s worth trash talking, education bashing and debates on who can drink the most beer in the oddest way possible, welcome. We’re glad you’re here. Everyone has the
Whimsical sculpture, native plants at Mueller’s Southwest Greenway
Stalking the urban prairie high atop eight metal legs, her bulbous abdomen glittering with blue and green gazing balls, this 23-ft. tall Shelob-sized spider by Houston artist Dixie Friend Gay (titled ‘Arachnophilia’) is one of three larger-than-life sculptures placed amid native plants and crushed-granite jogging trails at Mueller (pronounced Miller), a New Urbanist community in [...]