HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #61 - Discussion ItemMILTON H. LEHR. Chairman
JOHN H. BLAKE. Treasurer
JOSE FEITO, Architect
A.ti i ONIO LOPM Sculptor
GARY ALLNGTON
CARLOS►.ARBOLEYA
UJI'• ►. BOTIFOLL
JORGE de CARDFr:AS
Commission
for the
Q,ui.neentennial Commemorative Monument
I.
600 avenue Conde • Cora! Gabks. Ffvricfia 33156
MAY 8, 1992
JOSE R. GARRIGO MR • WALDEMAR E • LEE
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1,PORTERMccLFAN,Jc ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
n1EODORE PAM'AS CITY
RAixaC I T Y OF MIAMI
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S,%MVERDEJA MIAMI, FLORIDA 33133
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DEAR MR. LEE:
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Telephone:
(305)443-8760
Telefax: (305) 443-3892
FURTHER TO THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION THAT YOU HAD WITH
ARCHITECT JOSE FEITO THIS PAST WEEK, PLEASE LET ME DE-
SCRIBE THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE IN MIN➢:
FOR SOME TIME NOW OUR GROUP HAS PLANNED THE PLACEMENT
OF A COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT IN THE PONCE DE LEON CIRCLE
OF CORAL GABLES. OUR PURPOSE RELATED TO THE QUINCENTEN-
NIAL CELEBRATION OF THE GRAND DISCOVERY. AT FIRST ITS
CONCEPT WAS CONCERNED WITH THE SCULPTURE OF A CLASSIC
STATUE OF COLUMBUS AND QUEEN ISABELA. THE USE OF PONCE
DE LEON CIRCLE WAS JUSTIFIED IN THAT IT WAS BY WAY OF
THE SECOND VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS THAT PONCE DE LEON FIRST
CAME TO THE NEW WORLD. IN RESEARCHING THE COST AND CON-
STRUCTION OF THE PROJECT WE LEARNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT
OF SPAIN HAD, IN FACT, PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF MIAMI A
MAGNIFICENT BRONZE STATUE OF PONCE DE LEON ON THE OCCA-
SION OF THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN 1976• {PLEASE
NOTE THE ACCOMPANYING DATA SHEET}. ARCHITECT FEITO HAS
PLANNED QUITE IMAGINATIVELY AN ACCOMMODATING MONUMENT
TO SUPPORT THE STATUE WITHIN FOUNTAIN AREA OF PONCE DE
LEON CIRCLE OF CORAL GABLES.
I HAVE TO -DAY MET WITH DON FERMIN PRIETO CASTRO, CONSUL
GENERAL OF SPAIN, AS A COURTESY TO HIS GOVERNMENT AND,
OF COURSE, TO OBTAIN HIS APPROVAL OF OUR PLAN- IN TURN,
I HAVE MET WITH MR- GEORGE CORRIGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY
OF CORAL GABLES AND HE TOO FOUND THE PROJECT VIABLE• I
WOULD NOW SOLICIT THE CO-OPERATION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
IN HELPING US CREATE A CITY -TO -CITY PLAN THAT WOULD PER-
MIT AN ARRANGEMENT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. WE ASK IN THE SPIR-
IT OF THIS PROPOSAL THAT YOU COUNSEL US AS TO PROCEDURE.
SINCERELY, cc: MR. GEORGE CORRIGAN
DON FERMIN PRIETO CASTRO
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
MILTON H. LEHR, Chairman 11il�Gv.Sr oi4
92- 418.1 `/Z-(
Commission =—
for the
Quineentennial Commemorative Monument
600 Avenue Conde • COMI Ga ks. %7Hi 33156
MILTOV H. LEHR, Chairman
JOHN H. BLAKE. Treasurer
JOSS FETTO. Architect
DATA CONCERNING STATUE OF PONCE DE LEON
CARY ALLINCTON
CARLOS J• ARBOLEYA — — — — — — — — —
LUIS J. BOTIFOLL
IORCEdeCARDLNAS 1. DONATED BY THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT TO
DOSE R. CARRICO
L+UMCE►.L HR THE CITY OF MIAMI ON THE OCCASION OF
oDO E AMAS THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
ROSERTrAUL IN EARLY 1976
RALPH REN'ICK
SANTIACO ROSELL le
SAMVERDEJA 2• SCULPTOR: DON ENRIQUE MONJO WHO DIED
ALBERTO MAR. LATER THAT YEAR IN NOVEMBER OF 1976
3. ORIGINALLY PLACED IN THE PARK AREA
WHICH IN DUE COURSE WAS CONVERTED TO
THE NEW BAYSIDE•
I4• THE STATUE HAS BEEN STORED AT THE CITY
OF MIAMI PARKS AND RECREATION STORAGE
AREA PENDING RE —LOCATION TO A SUITABLE
CENTER OF PRESTIGE.
S. THE STATUE ITSELF IS MADE OF BRONZE
AND STANDS 7'3^ HIGH WITH A CIRCUM—
FERENCE OF APPROXIMATELY 32^-
6• THE STATUE IS ACCOMPANIED BY 4 BRONZE
PLAQUES AS FOLLOWS:
A. THE STORY OF PONCE DE LEON'S AR—
RIVAL IN THE NEW WORLD BY WAY OF
THE SECOND VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS•
{TEXT OF FIRST PLAQUE IN ENGLISH
AND THE SECOND IN SPANISHI
B•.NAME OF PONCE DE LEON WITH DATES
OF BIRTH AND DEATH.
-CTEXT OF ONE PLAQUE IN ENGLISH AND
THE OTHER IN SPANISHI
Telephone:
(305)443-8760
Telefax (305) 443-3892