Comments on: Visit Paul Rudolph’s Riverview High School Masterpiece In Sarasota

By: Cohen House by Paul Rudolph | FloridaSnapshot.com

Cohen House by Paul Rudolph | FloridaSnapshot.com — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:55:17 +0000

[...] be in Sarasota Sunday June 21 for an open house to see a Paul Rudolph gem. No, not the remnants of Riverview High School but the Cohen [...]

By: CRAIG R. MCNEES

CRAIG R. MCNEES — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:17:29 +0000

I WENT TO RIVERVIEW H.S., MY STEP KIDS DID TOO. I REALLY HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THE PLACE. I’M SURE SOME FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS OF THOSE THAT MADE THE DECISION TO LET THE PLACE FALL APART BE THE EXCUSE FOR THEM TO TEAR IT DOWN AND REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING NEW AND BIG, AND VERY EXPENSIVE. IT WILL RUN OVER BUDGET, AND THOSE WITH THEIR HANDS IN THE PIE WILL COME OUT RICHER AND PROUD THAT THEY CAN STILL PUT THIS KIND OF STUNT OFF AND GET AWAY WITH IT. SHAME ON THEM, I LEARNED BETTER.

By: Amy Alonso

Amy Alonso — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:06:45 +0000

How sad that people don’t care for mid modern design

By: Kelvin Dickinson

Kelvin Dickinson — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:56:38 +0000

It is sad that after so many years of thoughtless additions and renovations, the neglect this building has suffered has become the excuse for tearing down a signifcant piece of Sarasota’s past. You can’t blame the residents and students who don’t remember what the building looked like in its heyday – when it brought fame to the community in the late 1950′s. Its harder to look past the decision of the school board, who rather than support adaptive reuse of the building decided a parking lot was more economical. Demolition by neglect is defined as the destruction of a building through abandonment or lack of maintenance. This has been going at Riverview High School for years – as evidenced by stories from current students and parents. Years from now – when the new school is no longer “new” – will it have brought the same recognition to Sarasota as Rudolph’s building did?