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Monday, 01 January 2007 |
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Architect Selected For New Tampa Museum Of Art
Tampa Museum of Art board of trustees has selected architect Stanley Saitowitz from San Francisco, CA, to design a 120,000 square foot master plan, with phase one consisting of 60,000 square feet for its new museum.
The site will be near the current museum, in Curtis Hixon Park, adjacent to the Poe Garage overlooking the Hillsborough River in downtown Tampa.
Public and private sectors of the community will fund the new facility. The City of Tampa has allocated $18.5 million of Community Investment Tax Funds, which is earmarked for a new museum facility and demolition of the existing building. Additional monies are being generated through a museum capital fundraising initiative. It is expected that site work will begin on the new museum in the fall of 2007, and the opening of the new facility is anticipated by late 2008 or early 2009.
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