Miami Marine Stadium

[QuantumX]

This is not the winner though. This came in second place.

[skyscraperhighrise]

Originally Posted by DGM

Here's the winner.



Having sailed in that inlet countless times I can say confidently that an inflatable screen is probably not a good idea. You'll have to have a pretty heavy floating stage or that thing might get toppled over.

EDIT: scaled down the image a bit. The original can be found on Quantum's link and is more than twice as large.

Nice and sweet.

[QuantumX]

Again, that is not the winner. Click on the link on the other page to see the winner.

[DGM]

Whoops, sorry Quantum.

Here's the real winner:

[QuantumX]

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[spellbound]

If only expense was no concern! Some of those are amazing.

But I like the winner plenty and VERY happy the ball is rolling with this. Would have been tragic to lose MMS.

[QuantumX]

"Well, Don, did you like the framed enlargement? All I can remember is that look of total astonishment when I said "Wait! Wait! We have one last award!"
I always thought that photo would make a great framed 24 x 36 enlargement, and you gave me a great excuse to do it.

love it and totally surprised. don"

Ironically, the guy who sat next to me at dinner that I asked to help me unwrap and present the framed enlargement in front of the audience just happened to be the son of the architect of Miami Marine Stadium.

Originally Posted by QuantumX

"This has the Marine Stadium in it that we are trying to save. Can I share it with the volunteer committee that is trying to save it? It makes the setting wonderful. A"

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Thanks very much for this photo. What a great view! We don't have anything quite like it. I'd like to post it on our website (with a photo credit for you, of course.) Please let me know if this is ok-and if so, how you would like your name to read.....

Best regards

DW
Friends of Marine Stadium"

http://www.marinestadium.org/index.php

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[miami305]

On the winner......I don't get it...What is that thing?

[URBANITY REPORTS]

The winner is just a stage?

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by miami305

On the winner......I don't get it...What is that thing?

I don't get it either. I liked the catamaran concept. It just seemed more Miami to me than that thing called the Miami Pearl.

[HavanaMiami1977]

I just hope that project go ahead, its a remarkable place that jewel, and if gets build Q already have a spectacular picture to do the after and before
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/2...-rehab-on.html

[QuantumX]

The Miami Herald

Posted on Mon, Jul. 25, 2011
Miami Marine Stadium rehab on hold in dispute between city, preservationists
BY CHARLES RABIN
crabin@MiamiHerald.com

PATRICK FARELL / MIAMI HERALD
A look at Miami Marine Stadium in Virginia Key as it stands April 17, 2008. A young couple ride their jetski by the stadium. A three-year effort to restore one of Miami’s treasured waterfront landmarks has been put on hold by the nonprofit group spearheading the task because the city is suddenly proposing changes that could scuttle the plan’s financial and historic-preservation underpinnings.
Leaders of the Friends of Miami Marine Stadium group, the nonprofit that has pledged to raise $30 million to renovate and operate the historic facility, said they were astounded to find out last week that the city wants to take 90 percent of any income derived from the naming of the stadium – money that the group was depending on.

Moreover, the city wants the right to extend a marina inside the basin that runs in front of the stadium’s grandstand. The move could ruin the chance for Friends of Miami Marine Stadium to obtain valuable tax credits from the state. The group said it also would alienate the rowers and swimmers who have joined Friend’s fight to save the musical and sporting venue.

In a five-paragraph letter hand delivered to Mayor Tomas Regalado last week, historian Don Worth and architect Hilario Candela – key players in the Friends group -- told the mayor that city staff has “imposed obstacle after obstacle to the preservation and future operation of the Marine Stadium.” The letter went on to say, “We are unable to continue this process.”

Reached Monday, however, Worth and Candela said they believe the restoration of the 10-acre facility on Virginia Key will eventually continue, and that they are “just taking a pause” on renovation planning. The stadium is a globally-renowned architectural jewel listed as a protected landmark by the city’s Historic Preservation Board.

At a meeting planned for Thursday, Miami commissioners were expected to vote to deed the stadium property to the city’s quasi-independent Miami Sports & Exhibition Authority, a move necessary for the nonprofit Friends group to eventually take control.

But the vote was removed from the agenda after Worth and Candela complained that the city’s revenue request was unfair and not in line with an agreement reached between commissioners and the Friends group last summer. That agreement, part of the Virginia Key Master Plan, did not address specific revenue splits and allowed for a more-limited expansion of the marina.

Worth called the city’s latest stance “just plain wrong.”

By awarding the property to the Sports & Exhibition Authority, the city avoids a public vote needed before any major changes are made or developments are built on waterfront property. It’s the same process followed several years ago when the Museum Park property at Bicentennial Park was handed over the Bayfront Park Management Trust.

Alice Bravo, the city’s assistant city manager, said the city is trying to protect its interests, especially for decades down the road when the facility is paid for and renovated. She said the 90 percent split for the stadium naming rights was only a “starting point.’’

As for expanding the marina into the basin, Bravo said the city needs to preserve that right in case the state doesn’t allow for a southern expansion of a marina already on the south side of the property.

Bravo downplayed the Friends group’s worries, saying the city wrote the Exhibition Authority contract “looking 20 years into the future.”

Friends of Miami Marine Stadium, the nonprofit that has worked to resurrect, refurbish, and eventually operate the stadium, has not asked for any money from the city or Miami-Dade County for the project. But the historians say they need whatever income can be derived from the naming rights to help pay for the renovations.

Only two weeks ago Worth, Candela, Regalado and others visited The Miami Herald’s editorial board, speaking of the virtues of rehabbing the stadium. Its floating oil barge moored to the grandstand served as a floating stage for some of the most famous concerts in Miami history. Elvis, Jimmy Buffet, and Fela all performed there.

When Hurricane Andrew laid waste to Key Biscayne in 1992, it damaged the concrete grandstand and half sunk the barge. Inoperable since then, weeds have grown up around the stadium and graffiti artists have used it as a canvas. It was earmarked for destruction before the Friends group sought the support of the design and engineering community. The city’s historic preservation board declared it a protected landmark in 2008.

“We’re going to be applying to the Federal Register’’ for historic preservation status, Worth said. “That would enable us to get the historic tax credits, which is why the basin is so important to us.”

He said the credits could be worth as much $6 million. New engineering studies done in 2010 found the stadium structurally sound for the most part, and Regalado made its renovation a cornerstone of his 2009 election.

A 2004 public vote had already earmarked $3 million in bond money to the stadium’s renovation.

Bravo, the assistant city manager, said she hopes to talk again with Worth and Candela and have a more concrete agreement with the Exhibition Authority in place by September or October, after the city’s budget hearings.

Worth said taking some time off might help everyone get back on the same page.

“In spite of it all, I think we’ll get there eventually,” the historian said.


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Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/2...#ixzz1TSfvTyIf

[QuantumX]

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[QuantumX]

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[Andyxox]

The first one is great, its level, very sharp and clear, really shows off the shape of the canopy, and uses the standard rule-of-thirds. After that, the 2nd one seems a bit off in its framing, however it is still clear. The framing for the rest are okay, but they're hurt by either being out of focus or having shutter blur, and are also not level. Also, it looks as if you were using a tripod, if such was the case, then you would probably want to lower your ISO to 200 or lower to get rid of the distracting noise and artifacts of the photos.

Otherwise, great location, what equipment do you use?

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by Andyxox

The first one is great, its level, very sharp and clear, really shows off the shape of the canopy, and uses the standard rule-of-thirds. After that, the 2nd one seems a bit off in its framing, however it is still clear. The framing for the rest are okay, but they're hurt by either being out of focus or having shutter blur, and are also not level. Also, it looks as if you were using a tripod, if such was the case, then you would probably want to lower your ISO to 200 or lower to get rid of the distracting noise and artifacts of the photos.

Otherwise, great location, what equipment do you use?

I like the first one the best too except for the trash in the foreground, so that made the second my favorite. The third one I threw in just for the perspective. With the other three in my second set, I somehow nudged the settings on my Nikon without knowing it and so they were taken with the wrong setting, but I liked the reflection on the bay, so I posted them. I often post for perspective regardless of the quality of one my photos. I've taken enough great photos to not be concerned with that.

[QuantumX]

Here's is that shot that I most wanted with the proper settings, but now I don't have that great reflection on the bay. Oh, well! Such is life!

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[QuantumX]

Friends of Marine Stadium:
"Truly hard to chose. I'd like to add this to our file of photos that we provide to the media as-we get press inquiries all the time (we're getting photos in Sept/Oct in Ocean Drive Magazine and October Fast Company Magazine). Of course, we'll require a photo credit for you.

Please let me know!"

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[Andyxox]

Originally Posted by QuantumX

I like the first one the best too except for the trash in the foreground, so that made the second my favorite.

See the first one is my favorite because of the trash in the foreground. It sends a message rather than just being a meaningless postcard. The skyline shows a glimmering, modern city. But within the shadows of this glimmering city is a fantastic piece of architecture, articulated by the corners and edges of the silhouette. Unfortunately, as evidenced by the trash, this structure has seen its time, now treated with the same value of garbage, and is ignored and left to die alone as the city behind it grows and progresses without it.

I think it really best describes with what's happening at the site because it shows how such a fantastic piece of architecture, so close to the city, with such a great view, has been left to rot away. It would definitely enlighten people with the sad state of affairs of the current site.

[1772]

If we ever get the olympics, this could be a cool place for cayaking.