On Monday, January 11, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. in the 1100 Block of Lincoln Road, between Lenox Avenue and Alton Road city representatives will celebrate the new pedestrian promenade with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Lincoln Road’s Lenox Avenue to Alton Road block will open as a pedestrian only plaza and promenade, which completes the western portion of Lincoln Road. This block was previously open for vehicular traffic. The pedestrian expansion also provides a new beautiful western entrance to the world-renowned pedestrian shopping district.
As part of a public/private partnership with UIA Management LLC, Robert Wennett, developer of 11 11 Lincoln Road project, and the City of Miami Beach, this block of Lincoln Road was converted to a pedestrian plaza, in keeping with the Lincoln Road blocks to the east that expand to Washington Avenue.
The plaza features interactive public art by New York artist Dan Graham. A water garden with native trees and other features use Morris Lapidus’ legendary designs as inspirations. A new, multi-use structure on the north end adds 250 parking spaces and includes retail, residential and office space. Raymond Jungles, a Miami-based landscape architect, designed the public plaza and pedestrian promenade in collaboration with Swiss-based architectural firm of Herzog & de Meuron, the architect of the 11 11 Lincoln Road project. Herzog & de Meuron are the designers of the Bird’s Nest Stadium for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the Miami Art Museum.
