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Sarasota, Florida City Sarasota Bay and waterfront Sarasota Bay and waterfront Flag of Sarasota, Florida Flag Official logo of Sarasota, Florida Nickname(s): SRQ, Paradise[1] Motto(s): "Where Urban Amenities Meet Small-Town Living!"[2] Location in Sarasota County and the U.S. state of Florida Location in Sarasota County and the U.S. state of Florida Sarasota, Florida is located in the United StatesSarasota, FloridaSarasota, Florida Location in the United States Coordinates: 27°20â²14â³N 82°32â²7â³WCoordinates: 27°20â²14â³N 82°32â²7â³W Country United States United States State Florida Florida County Sarasota Zarazote 1763 Fort Armistead 1840 Sara Sota 1842 Sarasota 1902 Government[3] ⢠Type Commissionâmanager government ⢠City Mayor Liz Alpert ⢠City Manager Thomas Barwin Area[4] ⢠City 25.21 sq mi (65.31 km2) ⢠Land 14.68 sq mi (38.02 km2) ⢠Water 10.53 sq mi (27.28 km2) 42.58% Elevation[5] 16 ft (7 m) Population (2010)[6] ⢠City 51,917 ⢠Estimate (2018)[7] 57,738 ⢠Density 3,856.00/sq mi (1,488.77/km2) ⢠Metro 720,042 Time zone UTC-5 (EST) ⢠Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT) ZIP code 34230â34243 Area code(s) 941 FIPS code 12-64175[8] GNIS feature ID 0290675[9] Website www.sarasotafl.gov Sarasota (/ËsærÉËsoÊtÉ/) is a city in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is at the southern end of the Tampa Bay Area, north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2018 Sarasota had a population of 57,738. In 1986 it became designated as a certified local government. Sarasota is a principal city of the Sarasota metropolitan area, and is the seat of Sarasota County. The islands separating Sarasota Bay from the gulf near the city, known as keys, include Lido Key and Siesta Key, which are famous worldwide for the quality of their sandy beaches. The keys that are included in the boundary of Sarasota are Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Otter Key, Casey Key, Coon Key, Bird Key, and portions of Siesta Key. Previously, Siesta Key was named Sarasota Key. At one time, it and all of Longboat Key were considered part of Sarasota and confusing contemporaneous references may be found discussing them. Longboat Key is the largest key separating the bay from the gulf, but it was evenly divided by the new county line of 1921. The portion of the key that parallels the Sarasota city boundary that extends to that new county line along the bay front of the mainland was removed from the city boundaries at the request of John Ringling in the mid-1920s, who sought to avoid city taxation of his planned developments at the southern tip of the key. Although they never were completed in the quickly faltering economy, those development concessions granted by the city never were reversed and the county has retained regulation of those lands. The city limits had expanded significantly with the real estate rush of the early twentieth century, reaching almost 70 square miles (180 km2). The wild speculation boom began to crash in 1926 and following that, the city limits began to contract, shrinking to less than a quarter of that area.[10] Contents 1 History 2 Geography and climate 3 Demographics 4 Economy 5 Government 6 Arts and culture 6.1 Performing Arts 6.1.1 Theatre 6.1.2 Music 6.2 Visual Arts 6.2.1 Film on the Cultural Coast 6.3 Aquarium, Zoos and Botanical Gardens 7 Festivals 8 Architecture 8.1 Sarasota School of Architecture 8.2 Historic buildings and sites 8.3 Other notable cultural features 9 Education 9.1 Public education 9.2 Higher education 10 Media 10.1 Television 10.2 Radio 10.3 Newspaper 11 Sports and recreation 11.1 Sports 11.1.1 Stadiums 11.1.2 Golf 11.1.3 Fishing 11.1.4 Marathon 11.1.5 Swimming 11.1.6 Sailing 11.1.7 Football 11.1.8 2014 Pentathlon World Cup Final 11.1.9 2017 World Rowing Championships 11.2 Other recreational activities 12 Transportation 12.1 Airports 12.2 Public transit 12.3 Rail 12.4 Water 12.5 Roads 13 Notable people 14 Twin towns â sister cities 15 See also 16 References 17 External links History Main article: History of Sarasota, Florida [icon] This section needs expansion with: a summary provided from History of Sarasota, Florida. You can help by adding to it. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. (August 2018) The area known today as Sarasota, Florida first appeared on a sheepskin Spanish map from 1763 with the word "Zarazote" over present day Sarasota and Bradenton.[11] The municipal government of Sarasota was established when it was incorporated as a town in 1902.[12] Geography and climate According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.9 square miles (67 km2), of which 14.9 sq mi (38.6 km2) is land and 11.0 sq mi (28 km2) is water. Sarasota has a humid subtropical climate closely bordering a tropical savanna climate, with hot, humid summers, and warm, dry winters. There are distinct rainy and dry seasons, with the rainy season lasting from June to September, and the dry season from October to May. The most recent officially recorded freezes in Sarasota took place on January 18, 2018, when the temperature dropped to 30 °F (â1 °C) at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.[13] However, Sarasota averages less than one frost annually.[14] Climate data for SarasotaâBradenton International Airport (1989â2018 normals, extremes 1911âpresent) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °F (°C) 91 (33) 90 (32) 91 (33) 96 (36) 98 (37) 100 (38) 101 (38) 101 (38) 98 (37) 99 (37) 92 (33) 90 (32) 101 (38) Average high °F (°C) 71.3 (21.8) 73.2 (22.9) 76.3 (24.6) 81.2 (27.3) 86.1 (30.1) 88.8 (31.6) 89.9 (32.2) 90.2 (32.3) 89.0 (31.7) 84.7 (29.3) 78.3 (25.7) 73.7 (23.2) 81.9 (27.7) Daily mean °F (°C) 61.9 (16.6) 63.9 (17.7) 67.1 (19.5) 72.0 (22.2) 77.3 (25.2) 81.1 (27.3) 82.5 (28.1) 82.7 (28.2) 81.4 (27.4) 76.2 (24.6) 68.9 (20.5) 64.4 (18.0) 73.3 (22.9) Average low °F (°C) 52.4 (11.3) 54.6 (12.6) 57.9 (14.4) 62.7 (17.1) 68.4 (20.2) 73.4 (23.0) 75.0 (23.9) 75.2 (24.0) 73.8 (23.2) 67.7 (19.8) 59.5 (15.3) 55.2 (12.9) 64.1 (17.8) Mean minimum °F (°C) 34.7 (1.5) 37.4 (3.0) 43.3 (6.3) 49.6 (9.8) 59.8 (15.4) 68.5 (20.3) 70.9 (21.6) 71.8 (22.1) 68.4 (20.2) 54.9 (12.7) 45.3 (7.4) 39.0 (3.9) 31.8 (â0.1) Record low °F (°C) 23 (â5) 21 (â6) 30 (â1) 37 (3) 45 (7) 52 (11) 62 (17) 60 (16) 58 (14) 40 (4) 27 (â3) 20 (â7) 20 (â7) Average rainfall inches (mm) 2.49 (63) 2.70 (69) 3.86 (98) 2.44 (62) 2.21 (56) 7.51 (191) 7.98 (203) 9.14 (232) 7.10 (180) 3.12 (79) 1.93 (49) 2.53 (64) 53.01 (1,346) Source: NOAA [15] Demographics Historical population Census Pop. %± 1910 840 â 1920 2,149 155.8% 1930 8,398 290.8% 1940 11,141 32.7% 1950 18,896 69.6% 1960 34,083 80.4% 1970 40,237 18.1% 1980 48,868 21.5% 1990 50,961 4.3% 2000 52,715 3.4% 2010 51,917 â1.5% Est. 2018 57,738 [7] 11.2% U.S. Decennial Census[16] As of the 2010 U.S. Census,[8] there were 51,917 people residing in the city. The population density was 3,541.4 inhabitants per square mile (1,367.3/km2). There were 29,151 housing units at an average density of 1,988.5 per square mile (767.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 75.41% White, 15.11% African American, 0.43% Native American, 1.33% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 5.22% from other races, and 2.34% from two or more races. Hisp 7¡U 7¡U à¡U Ð(¡U 7¡U @7¡U @ @7¡U 7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.3% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female head of household with no husband present, and 48.5% were non-families. 38.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.81. In the city, 18.4% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.2% ranged from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males. The per capita income for residents of the city was $23,197. Females had a median income of $23,510 versus $26,604 for males. The median income for a household in the city was $34,077 and the median income for a family was $40,398. About 12.4% of families and 16.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.5% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over. Economy The Sarasota Ritz-Carlton Tourism contributes significantly to the economy of Sarasota. Companies based in Sarasota include the Boar's Head Provision Company. Major employers include Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, APAC Customer Services, L-3 Aviation Recorders, The Zenith. Government Sarasota municipal government was last incorporated in 1913, changing from a town type to adopting the city type of local government found in the United States and the title of its government changed to "City of Sarasota". Sarasota later was designated as the county seat when Sarasota County was carved out of Manatee County in 1921 during the creation of several new counties. In 1945 the commission-manager government form was adopted for the city and it is governed by a five-person commission elected by popular vote, two members of which serve in the ceremonial positions of "mayor" and "vice-mayor", as chosen by the commission every April. Two at-large commissioners are elected by all voters and the city is divided into three districts for which the residents of each elect one district representative to the five member commission. Many aspects of the city are overseen by the county government ranging from the schools, the libraries, the bay, major waterways, county designated roads, the airport, fire departments, property and ad valorem taxes, voting, the health department, extension services, storm water control, mosquito control, the courts, and the jail. Therefore, the election of county commissioners is important to city voters. In January 2006, the city of Sarasota made national news when the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty ranked it number one on the groups' list of twenty "meanest cities" in America in their published report A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities.[17] The city's adoption of its "no lodging out-of-doors" ordinance on August 15, 2005,[18] Ordinance No. 05-4640, made it illegal to sleep outside on public property without permission, as was already the case with private property. In recent years, the City of Sarasota has revolutionized its approach to managing local homelessness focusing on casework, mental health assessments and housing. The city has earned a national, state and regional recognition for its efforts. In June 2021, Florida Department of Environment Secretary Noah Valenstein stated, "Sarasota is perhaps the number one environmentally conscious community in Florida." Sarasota is among the communities included in a two-county federally mandated Metropolitan Planning Organization that includes all of Sarasota and Manatee counties and the chairs of the three elements of that organization belong to the eight-county regional planning organization for western central Florida.[19] Arts and culture Ca' d'Zan, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota has been a consistent cultural mecca for nearly a century. In 1925, A. B. Edwards built a theater that could be adapted for either vaudeville performances or movie screenings. Renowned stripper Sally Rand did her bubble bath and fan dance here. Tommy Dorsey, Will Rodgers and Elvis Presley each performed at the Edward Theatre.[20] It remains at the intersection of Pineapple Avenue and Second Street, having been restored and used for performances by the Sarasota Opera and others. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In the early 1950s, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art purchased a historic Italian theater, the "Asolo" (now called the Historic Asolo Theater). This theatre was originally built for Queen Caterina of Cyprusâ palace in Asolo, Italy in 1798 but was dismantled in 1931.[21] A. Everett "Chick" Austin, the museum's first director, arranged the purchase and reassembly of the theater for performances of plays and opera. In the 1960s the Van Wezels enabled the city to build a performing arts hall on the bay front. The auditorium, the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright's successor firm, Taliesin Associated Architects team under the direction of William Wesley Peters. Wright's widow, Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, who participated in the project, selected its purple color. In 1989, Stuart Barger, a local architect, designed and oversaw the construction of another Asolo Theater, housed in the Florida State University Center for the Performing Arts. It is a multi-theater complex, located farther east on the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art property, being placed between Bay Shore Road and Tamiami Trail, and facing south toward Ringling Plaza. It was built around a rococo, historic Scottish theater previously called the Dunfermline Opera House, which had been shipped to Florida. The new complex also provides venues and facilities for students of Florida State University's MFA Acting program, the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. This was the administrative home of the Sarasota French Film Festival for several years. FST's Keating Theatre, formerly the Sarasota Woman's Club, is amongst the oldest surviving buildings in Sarasota. Founded in 1903, the Sarasota Woman's Club eventually set out to create a meeting place to house social events, activities, and forums. On January 1, 1915 the cornerstone was laid at the corner of Palm Avenue and Park Street (now Cocoanut). It served as the town's first library and hosted numerous club and public committee gatherings. The Woman's Club also maintained a census and birth registration, an area PTA, and a Red Cross Auxiliary.[citation needed] The Sarasota Woman's Club relocated in 1976 and the building became slated for demolition. Marian McKenna, a patron and supporter of the arts, did not want to see the building and her memories destroyed. She purchased the building and later sold it to Florida Studio Theatre.[citation needed] In 1985, the Sarasota Woman's Club building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. After completing more renovations to the historic building in 2003, the theatre was renamed the Keating Theatre in honor of Ed and Elaine Keating, and in 2004, additional lobby space was built in the theatre - the Bea Friedman Room. FST's Keating Theatre now seats 173 and remains a cultural center of Sarasota.[citation needed] In 2003, FST purchased the Gompertz Theatre. The building was originally the Park-Seventh Movie House in the 1920s. Due to the Depression, the movie house shut its doors and became an empty venue. During its predominantly vacant period in the 1940s, the theatre hosted a variety of road shows and performers, including Tom Mix and his Wonder Horse and the All Girlsâ Orchestra. During this time it was known as the Garden Theater, and later the Art Theater, before becoming known as the Palm Tree Playhouse in 1951. The Playhouse closed again in the 1960s. In the mid 1970s, Asolo Theatre purchased the space for production purposes and their Stage Two Theatre program. It was subsequently sold to Anita Katzman and reoccupied by Siesta Key Actors Theatre and Theatre Works in the 1980s. The building was acquired by Florida Studio Theatre and renamed the Gompertz Theatre in honor of Mrs. Leila Gompertz, who made the lead gift enabling the purchase.[citation needed] Other Sarasota cultural attractions include, and many other musical, dance, artistic, and theatrical venues. Performing Arts Sarasota has many musical, dance, theatre, circus and other performing arts venues, including the Sarasota Ballet, Sarasota Opera, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, the Sarasota Players, the Banyan Theater Company, The Westcoast Black Theatre, the Urbanite Theatre, Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Sarasota Orchestra, La Musica, Jazz Club of Sarasota, Sarasota Youth Opera, Circus Arts Conservatory and many others. Theatre Asolo Repertory Theater Theatrical venues include Florida Studio Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, The Players Theatre, Urbanite Theatre, and the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.[22] Music Sarasota is the home of the Sarasota Orchestra, which was founded by Ruth Cotton Butler in 1949 and known for years as the Florida West Coast Symphony. It holds a three-week Sarasota Music Festival that is recognized internationally and boasts it attracts renowned teachers and the finest students of chamber music. Sarasota also boasts a symphonic chorus, Key Chorale, and professional vocal ensemble, Choral Artists of Sarasota. The Jazz Club of Sarasota is one of the largest and most active jazz clubs in the United States and has promoted jazz events in Sarasota for 39 years. Elvis Presley, Tommy Dorsey and Gregg Allman each played concerts in Sarasota. Joe Perry, of Aerosmith, Brian Johnson, of AC/DC, Dickey Betts, of the Allman Brothers Band, Donald Dunn, of the Blues Brothers and Graeme Edge, of the Moody Blues have all settled in Sarasota.[23] Visual Arts Sarasota and the Cultural Coast are home to fine art, film-making and decorative arts. Fine art, fine art galleries, artist collectives, film-making and many decorative arts are practiced in Sarasota and Cultural Coast. Film on the Cultural Coast In 1952, Cecil B. DeMille filmed and premiered The Greatest Show on Earth (with James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton) in Sarasota. In 1998, two studio films were filmed in Sarasota: Alfonso Cuaronâs Great Expectations, with Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Anne Bancroft and Robert De Niro; and Volker Schlondorffâs Palmetto, starring Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, and Gina Gershon. Out Of Time (2003), a crime drama starring Denzel Washington and Eva Mendes used the Casey Key Swing Bridge, Boca Grande and Cortez. In 2013, Taylor Hackfordâs action movie Parker, with Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte had scenes filmed at Caâ dâZan in Sarasota. Bonnethead sharks seen at the Mote Marine Laboratory In June 2017, director Kevin Smith started shooting his next film, Killroy Was Here, in Sarasota.[24][25] Aquarium, Zoos and Botanical Gardens Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Sarasota is home to Mote Marine Laboratory, a marine rescue, research facility, and aquarium, the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, the Sarasota Jungle Gardens and the Big Cat Habitat & Gulf Coast Sanctuary. Festivals Since 1998, the city has hosted the Sarasota Film Festival annually. The festival attracts independent films from around the world. It claims to be one of Florida's largest film festivals. In 2009 the annual Ringling International Arts Festival, held its premier and held its closing event in the historic Asolo theater, which had been moved and rebuilt again. The historic Venetian theater now is housed in the reception building for the museum where it is used for special events as well as performances, informative purposes, and another seasonal film series hosted by the museum. Florida Studio Theatre produces the annual Sarasota Improv Festival. Founded in 2009 by Rebecca Hopkins, FST's annual Sarasota Improv Festival brings together the best improvisers from across the country and around the world for a whirlwind weekend of spontaneous creativity. The Festival has become a destination event, drawing thousands of people from across the state of Florida and beyond. Past performers have come from as far as Mexico, Canada, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom to perform on Florida's Gulf Coast. In 2010, the Sarasota Chalk Festival that is held yearly in the historic area of Burns Square became the first international street painting festival in the United States of America. Celebrating the sixteenth century performance art of Italian street painting, the festival hosted Maestro Madonnaro Edgar Mueller from Germany, who created the first street painting that changed images from day to night.[26][27][28][29] The festival has a different theme each year and has introduced new techniques in street art. Other applications of street art such as murals and "cellograff graffiti" have become companion events also produced by Avenida de Colores, Inc. The murals are part of the "Going Vertical" project and although it sometimes coincides with the chalk festival, it is distinct from it and often continues throughout the year. Except for a few commissioned on public property in the Palm Avenue Parking Garage, the murals are on private property and they are in many sections of Sarasota and in Manatee County as well. As of 2014 the Sarasota Chalk festival has relocated to Venice, FL, a small town just South of Sarasota. The name Sarasota Chalk Festival remains the same. It is also home to the Harvey Milk Festival, an independent music festival in support of civil rights, focusing on the LGBTQ community. It has been celebrated in May annually since 2010 on the weekend closest to Harvey Milk's birthday, and is currently the largest independent music festival in Sarasota, with thousands of attendees throughout the free, public, multi-day event, that also includes gallery showings, film, and other live performances. Architecture Italian architecture and culture are quite strong in the area because of the Ringling Museum. An unusually large number of homes and buildings are designed in the Italian style, especially Venetian as influenced by Ringling's Cà d'Zan. Italian inspired statues are also common and Michelangelo's David is used as the symbol of Sarasota. Sarasota School of Architecture The Sarasota School of Architecture developed as a variant of mid-century modernist architecture. It incorporates elements of both the Bauhaus and Frank Lloyd Wright's "organic" architecture. The style developed as an adaptation to the area's sub-tropical climate and used newly emerging materials manufactured or implemented following World War II. Philip Hiss was the driving force of this movement. Fellow architects creating new adaptive designs were Paul Rudolph and Ralph Twitchell. The second generation of the school includes Gene Leedy, Jack West, Victor Lundy, Mark Hampton, William Rupp, James Holiday, Ralph Zimmerman, as well as several who still practice in the community: William Zimmerman; Carl Abbott, Edward J. "Tim" Seibert, and Frank Folsom Smith. Rudolph's Florida houses attracted attention in the architectural community around the world. He started receiving commissions for larger works, such as the Jewett Art Center at Wellesley College. In 1958 Rudolph was selected as director of the School of Architecture at Yale, shortly after designing the school's building. He led the school for six years before returning to private practice. Recently a bank building designed and built by Jack West was renovated and reopened as the headquarters of Gateway Bank on Tamiami Trail at the intersection with Bahia Vista. This followed a preliminary proposal to demolish the building that met with a rapid objection from a leader of historic preservation in the community, Kafi Benz, before the new project could gain approval within the city plannin 7¡U 7¡U à¡U Ð(¡U 7¡U @7¡U @ @7¡U ng was built. Historic buildings and sites See also: List of historic sites in Sarasota, Florida Sarasota County Courthouse By the end of the twentieth century, many of Sarasota's more modest historical structures were demolished. Recently, two historic buildings, the Crocker Church and the Bidwell-Wood House (the oldest remaining structure in the city),[30] first restored by Veronica Morgan and members of the Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation that she founded, became city property. These structures were relocated to this park, despite protests from residents who objected to the loss of park area. In the late 1970s, Sarasota County purchased the Terrace Hotel that was built by Charles Ringling and renovated it for use as a county government office building.[31] The adjacent courthouse that he donated to the new county in 1921 has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The courthouse complex was designed by Dwight James Baum. In the next decade the landmark hotel built by Owen Burns, the El Vernona, which had been turned into apartments became endangered. By then it was called the John Ringling Towers and was purchased by a phosphate miner, Gardinier, who wanted to turn it into his corporate headquarters. All of the tenants were turned out and plans were made for the restoration of the building. The city commissioners supported the plan initially, but lobbying to undermine the project began and one of the commissioners changed her vote. The project was denied at the final hearing. The enraged miner abandoned the city and subsequent owners, seeking to demolish it, made garish changes to the building to make it unappealing before finally leaving it open for vagrants to invade and pilfer. Remarkable preservation success occurred during the 1990s when the community exhibition hall, the Municipal Auditorium, designed by Thomas Reed Martin and Clarence A. Martin, was listed on the National Register of Historic Paces and meticulously restored to its depression recovery era, 1937 WPA community project, completion status and its architectural gloryâboth inside and out. The city boasts that 100,000 people use it every year and it is a boon to the community for recreation, lawn sports, as well as being heavily attended for auctions, concerts, conventions, flea markets, galas, graduations, lectures, orchid and flower shows, and a full range of trade shows of interest to the community. Later the Federal Building, designed by George Albee Freeman (the designer of Seagate for the Crosleys) and Louis A. Simon, which initially had served as the post office was restored as well. Most of the luxurious historic residences from the 1920s boom period along the northern shore of Sarasota Bay also have survived. This string of homes, built on large parcels of elevated land along the widest point of the bay, is anchored by the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art at its center. Among them is Cà d'Zan, the home of Mable and John Ringling, which was restored recently. Many significant structures from the comparatively recent "Sarasota School of Architecture" period of the mid-twentieth century, however, have not survived. Since they do not qualify under the age criteria set for historic preservation nominations their historical aspect often escapes public recognition. Others frequently are threatened by demolition plans for new development without consideration of their cultural and historical importance to the community instead of motivating the implementation of plans to retain the buildings and integrate them into new plans. In 2006, the Sarasota County School Board slated one of Paul Rudolph's largest Sarasota projects, Riverview High School, for demolition. The board arrived at the decision despite protests by many members of the community, including architects, historic preservationists, and urban planners. Others supported the demolition as they believed the structure is no longer functional. The issue was divisive. The World Monuments Fund included the school on its 2008 Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites in the category Main Street Modern. Following a March 2007 charrette led by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a proposal was advanced to renovate and preserve Rudolph's buildings. The school board decided to allow a year to consider implementation of the innovative plan proposed to preserve the buildings, that would include building a parking garage with playing fields above it rather than demolishing the structures. In early June 2008, the school board voted in a 3-2 decision to allow the demolition; School board members Shirley Brown, Caroline Zucker and Frank Kovatch voted against preserving the historic high school.[32] This decision was that school would be demolished and that a parking lot would replace it. One year later, in June 2009, Riverview High School was demolished.[33] Other notable cultural features Several movies have been shot using Sarasota locations. One focusing on the Going Vertical program of street art that is held by the Sarasota Chalk Festival premiered internationally when muralist MTO released his documentary film,[34] FL: unpremeditated movie, about some of his work in Sarasota.[35][36][37][38] It is only one of many international films produced about the festival and its artists. The Sarasota neighborhood of Pinecraft is home to a relatively liberal Amish community which is unusual compared to other Amish communities as it consists mainly of elderly who moved to Florida because of its mild climate, of Amish people who are on holiday and of Amish who do not fit in easily in other communities.[39] Breaking Amish: Brave New World, a television series of scripted reality is set in Pinecraft. It is a spin-off of Breaking Amish. The show Cougar Town on TBS takes place in Sarasota, but is filmed in California. Education Public education Public education is provided and managed by the Sarasota County Public Schools school district. Elementary schools in Sarasota include the following: Alta Vista Elementary Ashton Elementary Bay Haven School of Basics Plus Brentwood Elementary Emma E. Booker Elementary Fruitville Elementary Gocio Elementary Gulf Gate Elementary Lakeview Elementary Laurel Nokomis School Phillippi Shores Elementary Southside Elementary Tatum Ridge Elementary Tuttle Elementary Wilkinson Elementary Middle schools include Booker Middle, Brookside Middle, Laurel Nokomis, McIntosh Middle, and Sarasota Middle. High schools include Booker High, Riverview High, Sarasota High, Suncoast Polytechnical High School, Sarasota Military Academy, and Oak Park School. Sarasota was also home to the Flint School, a type of boating school. Higher education Palm Courts at the New College of Florida. Sarasota is home to New College of Florida, a public liberal arts college and the honors college for the State University System of Florida. Additional colleges in Sarasota include Keiser University of Sarasota (a private, not for profit university); FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training (Florida State University's MFA Acting Conservatory in conjunction with the Asolo Repertory Theatre); Ringling College of Art and Design, a school of visual arts and design; and satellite campuses of Eckerd College, based in St. Petersburg, Florida; and Florida State University College of Medicine, based in Tallahassee, Florida. Other colleges in the city include East West College of Natural Medicine, an accredited college of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. Nearby educational institutions with regional draw include State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, and a commuter branch of the University of South Florida, with the main campus located in Tampa. Media See also: List of television stations in Florida and List of radio stations in Florida Television Sarasota is part of the Nielsen-designated Tampa-Saint Petersburg-Sarasota television market.[40] The local television stations are ABC-affiliate WWSB and the SNN: Suncoast News Network, a continuous local cable news operation run by Comcast, Frontier FiOS and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. WWSB is the only network station with studios in Sarasota. Other network and public television programming serving the community is offered by Fort Myers and Tampa television stations. Comcast provides cable television service. DirecTV and Dish Network direct broadcast satellite television including Tampa Bay Area local and national channels to Sarasota residents. Radio Arbitron has identified the Sarasota-Bradenton radio market as the seventy-third largest market in the country,[41] and the sixth largest in the state of Florida. There are eight radio stations in the city: WSMR (89.1FM, classical music), WSLR-LP (96.5FM, variety-talk and community issues), WKZM (104.3FM, religious; repeating WKES Lakeland), WSRZ (107.9FM, oldies), WLSS (930AM, talk), WSRQ (1220AM, 98.9FM, 106.9FM, talk), WTMY (1280AM, talk), WTZB (105.9FM, rock music; commonly known as The Buzz) and WSDV (1450AM, adult standards). WHPT (102.5 FM, Hot Talk) and WRUB (106.5FM, Spanish) are licensed to Sarasota and have broadcasting facilities in the Sarasota / Bradenton area, but have studios in the Tampa Bay area and are focused on that region. The community also is served by most radio stations from the Tampa Bay radio market, as well as some stations from the nearby Fort Myers radio market. Newspaper The Sarasota Herald-Tribune is the daily newspaper published in the city. SRQ Daily is published electronically on a daily basis and the Sarasota Observer has changed from a weekly to a daily. A weekly newspaper includes the electronic This Week In Sarasota, TWIS. From neighboring Manatee County, the Bradenton Herald also is distributed daily in the area and The Bradenton Times is an electronic weekly newspaper that covers Sarasota topics as well. Founded in 1957, Scene Magazine is the longest running community lifestyle magazine.[42] Sports and recreation Sports Stadiums In 1937 the Municipal Auditorium-Recreation Club was built with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration, the municipal government, and local residents and business owners. It became a center for sports, entertainment, and recreation. The sports activities have ranged from badminton, basketball, boating, lawn bowling, and shuffleboard, to tennis. The auditorium hosts clubs for cards, dancing, games, gardening, and numerous hobbies as well as having become the community meeting place for commercial and educational shows and the venue for local schools and charities to hold events and dances. Tourists are attracted to exhibitions provided by local businesses as well as vendors from national circuits. This building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places because of its architecture and for providing the enormous range of community activities that are scheduled at it every week. Sarasota also is home to Ed Smith Stadium, where the Baltimore Orioles currently have spring training. The Orioles also have minor league facilities at Twin Lakes Park. The agreement with the Orioles also places a Cal Ripken Youth Baseball Academy in Sarasota.[43] Previously, Ed Smith Stadium was the spring training home of the Cincinnati Reds and the minor league Sarasota Reds. Golf Golf being played at Sarasota in 1905 The warm climate helped the Sarasota area become a popular golf destination. John Hamilton Gillespie was an early pioneer of the game in Sarasota. The Sara Bay course in the Whitfield area was designed by golf architect Donald Ross. Bobby Jones was associated with the community course in Sarasota. Many courses dot the area, including the one originally laid out for the hotel John Ringling planned on the southern tip of Longboat Key. Fishing Sport fishing attracted enthusiasts to Sarasota and the area because of the amazing bounty of the bay. Tarpon was the biggest draw, but gigantic gar as well as many other species abounded to attract people such as Owen Burns and Powel Crosley. The first settled permanently and became one of the most important developers of Sarasota and the second, who more typically, built a winter retreat here and participated in the sport via the clubs, organizations, and tournaments focused on fishing. Marathon The Sarasota Marathon started in 2005. In 2010, declining sponsorship and marathon registration led organizers to change the event to a half marathon. The race begins and ends near the John and Mable Ringling Museum.[44] Swimming Lido Beach Pool in Sarasota, 1946 Sarasota is home to two swim teams. The most well-known, the Sarasota Sharks, have been around for many years and have won numerous national championships. The newer team, the Sarasota Tsunami, was founded by the former Sharks head coach. The teams maintain a rivalry.[45] Sailing The Sarasota Sailing Squadron is a highly active facility that has hosted many nationally renowned regattas for both dinghies and larger vessels.[46] Football In 2013, Sarasota became the home of the Sarasota Thunder, which was to play in the Ultimate Indoor Football League, but the team folded.[47] 2014 Pentathlon World Cup Final In 2014, Sarasota hosted the modern pentathlon World Cup Final.[48] 2017 World Rowing Championships Benderson Park in Sarasota was the venue for the World Rowing Championships in 2017, held on September 23 â October 1, 2017.[49] Other recreational activities Sarasota is home of the Whiskey Obsession Festival, the largest whiskey festival in Florida. Established in 2013, the festival features several hundred whiskies from around the world. Dozens of professional brand ambassadors and distillers participate in the festival by participating in a panel discussion, leading classes and tastings.[50] Transportation Aerial photo of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport Airports The major airport in the area is Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport which is shared by Sarasota and Manatee counties.[51] It has since being opened in 1941 the areas major airport. Before this, Lowe's Field functioned as the main airport for the Sarasota Area from 1929â1941.[52][53] Five airlines offer service out of the airport to locations primarily in the United States and Canada. The airport serves more than 1,300,000 passengers per year. The airport holds full port of entry status providing U.S. Customs inspections for international travelers.[51] St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport and Tampa International Airport are located about an hour north from Sarasota, and Southwest Florida International Airport in Ft. Myers an hour and 45 min south of Sarasota. All 3 offer a wider range of national and international flights. Public transit Sarasota County Area Transit has a bus service called SCAT which offers service throughout the county and also offers limited connections with Manatee County Area Transit. Sarasota County has joined the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority to plan and build future transportation infrastructure including light rail, commuter rail and longer range bus service. Rail A key issue is providing Sarasota with access to the Florida High Speed Rail. The Seaboard Coast Line ran intercity train service to the city until 1971.[54] There is no Amtrak train which stops in Sarasota, but Amtrak provides through-bus service at Sarasota Station, located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from the city limits of Sarasota, to the nearest Amtrak terminal in Tampa.[55] A freight-only rail line operated by Seminole Gulf Railway does serve industries in Sarasota. Water As a city located on the Gulf of Mexico, water transportation is a key consideration. The Intracoastal Waterway is a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) waterway providing water access to and from the Atlantic coast for tugs, barges and leisure boats. Port Manatee and the Port of Tampa both provide nearby deep water ports.[51] Port Manatee provides cargo service primarily while the Port of Tampa is more diverse. Port Manatee formerly even had a cruise line, Regal Cruise Line that operated out of in from 1993â2003 until it was seized by U.S Marshals on April 18, 2003 for not being maintained.[56][57] The waterway enters Sarasota Bay which provides access to downtown Sarasota at the city pier. Roads Because of its location on the Gulf of Mexico and its proximity to several other large metropolitan areas, road transportation is critical to the Sarasota area. The major roads in the area include: I-75.svg I-75 â The only freeway in the area, I-75 is located 5 miles from the center of town and is a major interstate leading south to Miami and north to Tampa. US 41.svg U.S. 41 Tamiami Trail â A major north-south route through Sarasota enters central Sarasota from the south before heading west at the south end of U.S. 301. After briefly following Bayfront Drive the Trail heads north again paralleling the coast. US 301.svg U.S. 301 â Heading north from its intersection with U.S. 41, U.S. 301 follows Washington Boulevard running parallel to U.S. 41 and Interstate 75. Florida 780.svg SR 780 â 3rd Street/Fruitville Road â A main east/west throughway linking U.S. 41, U.S. 301, and Interstate 75. Florida 789.svg SR 789 â Starts out as John Ringling Causeway before heading to Bird Key and Lido Key, SR 789 turns north and becomes Gulf of Mexico Drive a major road on the islands between Sarasota and Bradenton. Notable people Doug Band, assistant to Bill Clinton and buisnessman. Helped found the Clinton Foundation. Dickey Betts, guitarist and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band Eugene A. Burdick, North Dakota Fifth Judicial District judge and surrogate judge for the North Dakota Supreme Court. Flossie M. Byrd, a home economist and academic Barber Conable, New York state senator, U.S representative from New York and World Bank President under President Ronald Reagan Denver David Hargis, U.S representative from Kansas Ian Desmond, professional baseball player for the Colorado Rockies Lois Duncan, writer, novelist, poet and journalist Jackie Gerlich, dwarf actor and circus entertainer Carla Gugino, actress Forest Harness, U.S representative from Indiana and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate Brian Johnson, singer for AC/DC Josh Kaufman, soul singer and singer-songwriter Stephen King, author David Lawrence, publisher; founded what would later become U.S News & World Report Mirjana LuÄiÄ-Baroni, professional tennis player Jes Macallan, actress Daniel Myrick, film director of horror films Bello Nock, daredevil and circus performer Carol Perkins, fashion model. Jack Perkins, reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman. Joe Perry, lead guitarist of Aerosmith Ray brothers, victims of discrimination after contracting HIV/AIDS from contaminated blood products Paul Reubens, actor known for creating and portraying Pee-wee Herman Michael Rey, abstract painter Charles Edward Ringling, one of the Ringling Brothers Stephen Root actor, voice actor and comedian Milton Rubenfeld, pilot and one of five founding pilots of Israeli Air Force Randy Savage, professional wrestler Sam Shields, cornerback in the National Football League Dick Smothers, actor, comedian, composer, and musician Jerry Springer, television personality Mildred Ladner Thompson, journalist and writer Dick Vitale, college basketball coach and broadcaster Nik Wallenda, tightrope walker Scott Weiss, venture capitalist Hoyt Wilhelm, MLB pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee George Howard Williams, U.S Senator from Missouri Robert Windom, former Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan. Linda Winikow, politician and New York State Senator Roger Zare, composer and pianist Bridgett Zehr, ballet dancer with the English National Ballet Marlon Mack, running back for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League Twin towns â sister cities See also: List of sister cities in Florida The city commission has chosen to designate the following cities as sister cities, which are cooperative agreements between communities in geographically and politically distinct areas with the stated contemporary objective of promoting cultural and commercial ties. Canada Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (1990)[58] France Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France (1994)[59] Russia Vladimir, Russia (1994)[60] Israel Tel Mond, Israel (1999)[61] Scotland Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (August 23, 2001)[62] Italy Treviso, Treviso, Veneto, Italy (Feb. 2007)[63] China Xiamen, Fujian, China (2007)[64] Mexico Mérida, Yucatán, México (2010)[65] Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona, St. Gallen, Switzerland[66] Sarasota, Florida is located in EarthSarasotaSarasotaHamiltonHamiltonPerpignanPerpignanVladimirVladimirTel MondTel MondDunfermlineDunfermlineTrevisoTrevisoXiamenXiamenMéridaMérida A map of the world with Sarasota and its sister cities highlighted See also List of tallest buildings in Sarasota Sarasota Police Department References LaHurd, Jeff (1995). Come on Down! : Pitching Paradise During the Roaring 20s. Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation. ISBN 978-1-888438-00-0. "The City of Sarasota Florida Website". The City of Sarasota Florida Website. 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