Japanese architects who designed Toledo's Glass Pavilion win Pritzker Architecture Prize
(Cleveland Plain Dealer © 03/29/2010)
By Blair Kamin CHICAGO -- Two Japanese architects, whose precisely honed, jewel-like buildings have brightened cityscapes throughout the world, were named the winners Sunday of their field's highest honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Tokyo-based Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa are the second partnership -- and the first female-male team -- to win the award, which is given annually by C...
Lee County bicyclists offer plans for safety
(Ft. Myers News-Press © 03/29/2010) (Registration Required)
1:10 A.M. — As he scanned a county map spread across a table Sunday at Lakes Regional Park, Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization director Don Scott scribbled notes. Scott listened as bicyclists pointed to intersections on the map and offered ideas about how to make local biking safer and more accessible. Some want a safe bike trail on U.S. 41. Others want more connecting bikeways....
Nation UDT/SEAL Museum racking up visitors and dollars for the Treasure Coast
(Jupiter Courier © 03/29/2010)
FORT PIERCE — Over the past five years, the National Navy UDT/SEAL Museum on North Hutchinson Island has experienced a 130 percent increase in visitors, according to statistics provided by museum staff. And, those visitors are resulting in a minimum of $5 million being spent annually in the local economy, according to some local estimates. The museum is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a St....
Museum opens to kids with compromised immune systems
(Omaha World-Herald © 03/29/2010)
The Omaha Children’s Museum is opening its doors to children with compromised immune systems Monday evening. “Every family deserves the chance to learn, play, and enjoy time together,” said Lindy Hoyer, executive director of Omaha Children’s Museum. “We’re very proud to offer this event that makes a visit to the museum possible for individuals with compromised ...
Small Business: Officials make case in Tallahassee for 'gardening'
(Orlando Sentinel © 03/29/2010) (Registration Required)
By Sara K. Clarke, Orlando Sentinel March 28, 2010 Supporters of economic development went to Tallahassee recently to encourage state legislators to expand the "economic gardening" technical-assistance programs that were funded during a 2009 special session of the Legislature. Those programs aim to help "se...
New global-warming exhibit shows steady shift from education to advocacy at Monterey Bay Aquarium
(San Jose Mercury News © 03/29/2010) (Registration Required)
Bright pink Chilean flamingos. Green sea turtles. A living coral reef, teeming with neon fish. Visitors to the newest exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium will see the same marvelous creatures from around the world that have made the aquarium famous since 1984. But at the end, they won't just wander off to the gift shop. They'll be asked to type letters at kiosks urging their senators to pass a g...
Firms seek incentives for $230M Miami-Dade project
(South Florida Business Journal © 03/29/2010) (Registration Required)
A joint venture between a Miami business leader and a global trade show operator has applied for $4.8 million in Miami-Dade County and state job growth incentives to build a $230 million trade center, showroom and warehouse complex in the county. The project’s 1.45 million-square-foot first phase would start construction in 2011, with an additional 1 million square feet of building to foll...
2012 GOP Convention could be economic boon
(St. Petersburg: WTSP (Ch. 10) © 03/29/2010)
Tampa, Florida - The next few days could be critical in determining whether Tampa lands the 2012 Republican National Convention. The committee that will pick the site arrived in Tampa Saturday evening to begin touring the area. The group spent time visiting various attractions Sunday, including the Henry B. Plant Museum on the University of Tampa campus. 10 Connects also spotted some of the site ...
Facebook page draws fans of macaque monkey
(Tampa Bay Online © 03/29/2010)
CLEARWATER - Bill McArdle first heard of the renegade rhesus macaque monkey that's been loose in the Bay area on March 3. "This monkey was pretty popular talk in the news and on Facebook, so I checked to see if anyone had set up a profile for him," said McArdle, 46. The Clearwater man created a Facebook fan page post-haste and titled it "Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay" – reflecting the wily prima...
New York City prepares for the return of King Tut's treasures
(USA Today © 03/29/2010)
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is getting ready to welcome Egypt's boy pharaoh back to the city he wowed in 1979. An exhibit of artifacts from King Tutankhamun's tomb will make its final stop in New York starting April 23. It is now at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The New York exhibit will take place at the Discovery Times Square Exposition. To mark the first day of ticket sales Tues...
The cost of luring tourists
(Florida Today © 03/28/2010) (Registration Required)
When Brevard County tourism officials flew to London to sell the Space Coast to foreigners, they stayed at a four-star boutique hotel known for its award-winning restaurant and designer rooms in the fashionable West End theatre district, nine miles from the convention site. They passed out brochures and met industry types by day, then wined and dined them by night. The tab: more than $...
