What's up at the Seaside Post Office? [update: new Seaside Stage]

[Rebecca]

The Seaside Post Office is in the process of being moved forward approximately 25 feet to accommodate a new piazza in the town center which will better accommodate events, concerts and gathering in general.

Graduated steps around the piazza will encourage picnicking, lounging, and additional seating during events.

The new piazza will be 3,019 feet in diameter, replacing the existing 1,400 sq.feet wooden stage.

Rather than wood, Seaside's new piazza will be constructed of an indigenous material called Coral Key Stone.

The convertible band shell is still in the process of being configured, but Spring Break is the target for all improvements to be complete.

 

[Kurt]

The Seaside Post Office is in the process of being moved forward approximately 25 feet to accommodate a new piazza in the town center which will better accommodate events, concerts and gathering in general.

Graduated steps around the piazza will encourage picnicking, lounging, and additional seating during events.

The new piazza will be 3,019 feet in diameter, replacing the existing 1,400 sq.feet wooden stage.

Rather than wood, Seaside's new piazza will be constructed of an indigenous material called Coral Key Stone.

The convertible band shell is still in the process of being configured, but Spring Break is the target for all improvements to be complete.

Sounds cool - can you post or link to a drawing? I'm not sure what you mean by 3,019 feet in diameter.

 

[scooterbug44]

Does that mean the grass is going away?

 

[Rebecca]

At this point, the drawing would make no sense to anyone as it is not a rendering.
Once there is a rendering in place, I will happily post for everyone to view!

 

[Rebecca]

No the grass is not going away at all.
Please keep in mind that the post office is being moved forward 25 feet, so we will not lose very much grass area as this new circular piazza will back up to the post office.

 

[Will B]

Sounds cool - can you post or link to a drawing? I'm not sure what you mean by 3,019 feet in diameter.

Uh, hello? That means the stage would be 6/10 of a mile across. Me thinks that "diameter" is not the right word! LOL!

 

[Kurt]

Clarified by PM - 3,019 square feet, 62 feet in diameter. Quite large. Pie are not squared. Pie are round.

 

[Em]

I think that will make the stage much more visible to everyone on the lawn. Should be good. looks like the concrete block foundation for the new USPS site is nearing completion.

Below is a photo I took this afternoon, which shows the new foundation for the USPS. You can see that it is being moved about the distance of the building.

 

[Will B]

Wow...from the looks of things, you guys must have had cloudy skies for weeks and weeks. Those are the fairest skinned Mexicans I've ever seen!

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Sorry...just couldn't resist!

 

[NotDeadYet]

Seaside's new piazza will be constructed of an indigenous material called Coral Key Stone.

This stuff is all over Miami. It is indigenous to the Florida Keys, not to NW Florida. I'd like to know more about the extraction process. I'm sure it will look lovely but like everything else we extract from the natural world I wonder if it is a benign process? Of course you could say the same thing about wood or concrete. Just saying, calling it "indigenous" doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't come at a cost. You pays your money and you takes your choice.