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Miami Beach – CityDebate.Com
– January 15, 2009 -
For half a century, Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road has been the heart of the
city. The country’s second oldest open-air pedestrian mall, the “Road“has
an enchanting energy that attracts millions of visitors every year for
great dining, culture, entertainment, shopping and people-watching.
On Monday,
January 11, 2010, Lincoln Road’s pedestrian experience expanded to a new
block at its western edge between Lenox Avenue and Alton Road. As part of
a public/private partnership, the City of Miami Beach and UIA
Management/Robert Wennett, developer of 1111 Lincoln Road, open the new
promenade and public plaza at the 1100 Block of Lincoln Road. The block
was previously a vehicular street, which was closed and replaced with a
new pedestrian plaza, in keeping with the Lincoln Road blocks to the east
that expand to Washington Avenue.
“We
are very excited to unveil and open this extraordinarily beautiful west
entrance to our historic landmark -- 12 months ahead of schedule,” said
Miami Beach Mayor Matti Herrera Bower.
The new
plaza features interactive public art by New York artist Dan Graham. A
water garden with native trees and other features use Morris Lapidus'
legendary designs as inspirations. Other features include special
lighting; a Pedra Portuguesa finished surface, new sidewalks and curbs,
and drainage improvements. In addition to the pedestrian plaza expansion,
the developer built a new, multi-use structure on the north end that adds
250 parking spaces and includes retail, residential and office space at
1111 Lincoln Road.
Raymond Jungles, a Miami-based landscape architect, designed the public
plaza and pedestrian promenade in collaboration with Swiss-based
architectural firm of Herzog & de Meuron, the architect of the 1111
Lincoln Road project. Herzog & de Meuron are the designers of the Bird's
Nest Stadium for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the Miami Art Museum.
The City of
Miami Beach entered into a development agreement with UIA Management LLC
on March 14, 2007 for the design, development, and construction of
improvements to the Lenox to Alton Road portion of Lincoln Road. The total
project cost of $6.2 million was funded by Miami Beach Redevelopment
Agency (Historic Convention Village/City Center RDA).
NEW PUBLIC PLAZA AND PROMENADE
Raymond Jungles, a Miami-based landscape architect, designed the public
plaza and pedestrian promenade in collaboration with Swiss-based
architectural firm of Herzog & de Meuron. The new pedestrian plaza is
highly organic in nature, including groupings of mature cypress and oak
trees surrounded by ponds of water. The black and white striped pavement
pattern is composed of pedro portugesa stones, each individually hand laid
in the style of both, Roberto Burle Marx, the visionary Brazilian
landscape designer of Copacabana and Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
and Morris Lapidus streetscape pattern for Lincoln Road.
Conceptual
artist Dan Graham was commissioned to create an interactive reflective
glass pavilion situated in the middle of the public plaza. The pavilion is
shaped as a peanut in homage to the Fontainebleau's original pool and is
titled “Morris’“after architect Morris Lapidus. The artwork was
commissioned as part of the Miami Beach Art in Public Places (AIPP)
program. This program is sponsored by the City of Miami Beach and
exhibits works of art in public places other than museums to enrich the
public environment.
CAR PARK @ 1111 Lincoln Road
Concurrent
to the launch of the new promenade and public plaza is the opening of the
Car Park at 1111 Lincoln Road, a project by developer Robert S. Wennett,
president of UIA Management. The Car Park is at the heart of Wennett’s
visionary new structure encompassing retail, parking, residential and
office spaces located at the 1100 block of Lincoln Road. Wennett’s
objective was not only to create a unique shop-work-live experience, but
also to build a fully open architectural structure with breathtaking
panoramic views surrounded by public spaces that are both wholly original
and welcoming – a unique urban experience. Wennett engaged the Pritzker-Prize
winning architects Herzog & de Meuron to design 1111 Lincoln Road. Among
the firm‘s most widely recognized projects are the transformation of a
power plant into Tate Modern in London, the de Young Museum in San
Francisco, and more recently the National Olympic Stadium in Beijing. The
architect of record is Miami-based Charles Benson & Associates.
The Car Park
is open to the public 24 hours a day. The hourly rates are: up to one
hour, $4.00; up to two hours, $8.00; up to three hours, $10.00; up to six
hours, $15.00; up to 12 hours, $25.00; and up to 24 hours, $30.00.
RETAIL/OFFICE Space
1111 Lincoln
Road hosts 40,000 square feet for 13 retail concept stores; 110,000 square
feet of office space; a 300-space multilevel parking facility; four
restaurants, one on the roof top with ocean and bay view’s; an event space
for concerts and art openings; and five high-end residences.
Office space is occupied by creative office tenants like MTV and
Nickelodeon Latin America. Retail and Restaurant space is leased by MAC
Cosmetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Estee Lauder; Tokyo-based Adidas
Y3, the Yohji Yamamoto line of footwear and apparel; Journelle, a New York
based women’s lingerie store; Osklen, the contemporary casual lifestyle
apparel from Brazil; Coltorti and italian multibrand designer boutique;
Alchemist featuring Rick Owens, Martin Margiela and Chrome Hearts;
Swiss-based Nespresso, the European espresso and food bar; Taschen Books
from Germany; Inkanta design store; Babalu gift store; Artsee Eyewear from
the New York Meatpacking district; and Shake Shack, the burger and shake
Danny Meyer concept from New York. |
