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Sarasota News Leader January 11, 2013 Page 46 She added, "The interior, on the other hand, has been reduced to a gutted empty shell, devoid of every one of its defining features. Most notable in its absence is the floating walkway that spans much of the building …." "Normally we don't make an answer to citizens speaking at our meetings," Chairwoman Jane Goodwin told the SAF members following their public comments, "but we are going to make an exception tonight, because we have some School board members that would "I propose that the glass is half full," said like to say something." SAF member Elliot Himelfarb. "We still have an option that can address the stakeholders' The first to speak was board member Shirley needs while at the same time preserving an Brown. "I voted to work with groups [who irreplaceable architectural gem — specifically, wanted to save the original Riverview High a redesign of Building No. 4's interior, start- School building — also designed by Rudolph], ing with the objective of retaining the floating and I voted to give them a chance, and while we tried to preserve the building, I don't feel walkway and other defining details." A photo shows a closeup of one exterior feature of architect Paul Rudolph's Building 4 at Sarasota High School. Image courtesy Sarasota County History Center