New Urbanism Guru To Study Fort Myers Redevelopment

15 July 2001 - 8:00am

Andres Duany was awarded a contract to study and outline a master plan for downtown redevelopment of Fort Myers, FL.

"Andres Duany, his firm Duany Plater-Zyberk -- which includes his wife, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, dean of the University of Miami's School of Architecture -- and other team members got a $273,500 contract to study downtown Fort Myers and how it can be improved.Work on a master plan outlining those ideas is expected to start within two months and take nine months to complete."

Source: News-Gazette, July 13, 2001
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