Demolition Begins

On Saturday, June 13, 2009 the demolition of the Rudolph designed Riverview High School began.  Posted below are a few pictures.

Click here for the link to the Sarasota Herald Tribune article.

Riverview - May 2009

At the Riverview Open House today, several hundred people toured the Rudolph buildings. At the end of the school year these buildings will be demolished and the plan calls for the space to become a parking lot.

Pictures from today:

The new school is on the left, current building on right.

Rudolph building on left, construction zone on right.

Riverview Time Line

From todays Sarasota Herald Tribune:

Riverview recaptured
By Tiffany Lankes
Published: Friday, May 22, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.

It is almost time for Riverview High School students and staff to move into their new building, making way for the bulldozers to demolish the old classrooms. But first, a proper send-off for the 50-year-old original campus.

The school is welcoming alumni, former staff and community members to tour the old campus for the last time this weekend before it finishes its move June 4. The old buildings will be demolished over the summer.

The move brings an end to a years-long drama in which architecture activists protested the School Board's plan to tear down the old buildings. They were designed by renowned architect Paul Rudolph and are considered a prime example of the Sarasota school of architecture he founded.