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Sarasota News Leader March 8, 2013 Page 59 WHY DOES SARASOTA LOOK THE WAY IT DOES? A panel of architecture experts will convene on Tuesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. at The Crocker Memorial Church, 1260 12th St., Sarasota to talk about how Sarasota came to look the way it does. This interactive panel discussion is part of a yearlong series called Conversations at The Crocker, presented by the Historical Society of Sarasota County. Admission is free to Historical Society members and $10 for guests, a news release notes. The Florida Cracker, vernacular cottage, Mediterranean Revival and Sarasota School of Architecture will be among the design styles disThe Umbrella House was designed by intercussed when Harold Bubil, real estate editor nationally renowned architect Paul Rudolph. Contributed photo of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, moderates a panel comprising architects Carl Abbott, Peterson, "a second-generation Sarasota Frank Folsom Smith, Guy Peterson and Clif- school modernist, made a name for himself ford Scholz, the release adds. as the design architect for Sarasota Memori"Sarasota has always had important and im- al Hospital's Emergency Care Center," the reposing homes," says Bubil in the release, lease continues. "starting with The Acacias, the Edson Keith Mansion, the Ringling Palaces, Crosley Mansion, and the big ranch homes of the 1950s and 60s. Then we have the high-rises of downtown and the advent of the new Med Rev homes over the past 30 years, as well as the recent trend toward West Indies design. Our panel will discuss the aesthetic influences that came to shape our city." "Scholz's name has been synonymous with high-end home design in Sarasota for two decades," the release adds. All proceeds from the panel discussion series help to maintain the Historical Society's two heritage properties at Pioneer Park — the Bidwell-Wood House (1882, Sarasota's oldest private residence) and the Crocker Memorial Church (1901), the release points out. DoAbbott opened his Sarasota architecture of- cent-led tours of both buildings are available fice in the 1960s after studying at Yale under an hour before each of the Conversations at Paul Rudolph, the release notes. The Crocker events. Smith "is a first-generation Sarasota School For additional information, visit www.HSOSC. of Architecture stalwart" who designed Plym- com or call Linda Garcia, the Historical Sociouth Harbor with Louis Schneider. ety site manager, at 364-9076.