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Miami Herald
16-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
We got a look at radical Rickenbacker Causeway plan. Here are the pros and cons
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Raquel Regalado calls her proposal to re-envision the Rickenbacker Causeway a 'beautifully crazy idea.' Miami does need outside-the-box thinking to address the traffic congestion and need for more green space that affect our quality of life. 'The Shoreline' is Regalado's plan, designed with help from a developer, to build a 25-foot-tall viaduct to split vehicles traveling to and from Key Biscayne from pedestrians and cars stopping at Virginia Key. Significantly, it would also increase waterfront recreational space. 'Any meeting that you have in Key Biscayne, the No. 1 complaint will be the Rickenbacker,' Regalado told the Herald Editorial Board. 'I've gotten stuck in it a million times as a county commissioner who has to go out there.' Her proposal falls somewhere between innovative and pie-in-the-sky. It has been well received by officials and residents in Key Biscayne, and it's worthy of consideration, if Miami-Dade can pull it off. That's a big if. The Shoreline is still in its very early stages — it hasn't even been presented to the full County Commission — so it's too soon for the Editorial Board to endorse it or oppose it. We recently met with Regalado and project designers and were left both impressed and with lingering questions. The project would send roughly 28,000 high-speed vehicles that head daily to and from Key Biscayne and fast bicycle pelotons to the top of the viaduct, which would have two lanes in either direction, plus 10-foot-wide shoulders. The viaduct would begin at the east end of the Powell Bridge and stretch the full length of Virginia Key to Bear Cut Bridge before it comes to ground level at the Crandon Marina entrance. The area below would be used for slower local traffic headed mostly to and from to Virginia Key (roughly 12,000 vehicles per day), bike and pedestrian paths. That would clear space for more beach, park and parking spaces. The project's intentions are noble; it would not only improve traffic but also pedestrian and bike safety, which is sorely needed given how dangerous the causeway currently is to anyone who's not in a car. 'We're creating, by elevating this [viaduct], an opportunity for mobility and for the free flow of traffic at higher speeds that do not affect or create a friction with those of us... riding our bikes or walking or just going to the beach,' Shoreline designer Juan Mullerat told the Editorial Board. The project also calls for traffic circles each at MAST Academy and the Marine Stadium entrance, which has no crosswalk, and vehicles would no longer cross bike lanes to get to the beach area. Regalado also envisions connecting the new recreational area of Rickenbacker to the Underline, a gem of a linear park in Miami, where underutilized space beneath the Metrorail is being transformed into 10 miles of bike and pedestrian paths and recreational areas. 'This vision is exactly what the Underline, we, hoped would happen,' Friends of The Underline founder Meg Daly said of the Shoreline. 'This inspirational approach to solving larger problems in having these hybrid projects really makes sense.' There are questions, though, about how much the Shoreline would cost. The Herald reported a figure of $475 million but a final estimate is not available yet. We suspect the project would cost a lot more than what's been reported. There's no direct comparison in terms of scope but the Interstate 395 'Signature Bridge' in downtown Miami is costing $840 million. And, then, by making it easier to reach Virginia Key and Key Biscayne, would the new Rickenbacker add pressure to increase development on these two environmentally sensitive islands? Developer David Martin, CEO of Terra Group, paid for the Rickenbacker plan design and has a vested interest in it — he recently purchased the old Silver Sands hotel property on Key Biscayne, the Herald reported. Some Rickenbacker users have also wondered whether the viaduct would be aesthetically pleasing. Another potential hiccup: Miami-Dade County already has been working on a master plan for the causeway that's not yet public. The county also just started a three-year planning process for a Bear Cut bridge replacement, the Herald reported. How easily could Regalado replace those plans? The Shoreline could spur a much-needed transformation of the Rickenbacker Causeway and its surroundings. It just has to be feasible. Click here to send the letter.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
60s Rock Legend Refuses To Pay $40,000 For Long Lost Guitar
60s Rock Legend Refuses To Pay $40,000 For Long Lost Guitar originally appeared on Parade. Iconic rocker John Fogerty has been reunited with a guitar he gave away decades ago — but it was a long journey to get it back. Back in the '70s, the Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman owned a custom Rickenbacker guitar that was hand-painted with the word "Acme," a nod to the Looney Tunes cartoons he loved as a kid, according to Rolling Stone. Fogerty played the guitar on every album from 1969's Bayou Country to the group's final LP in 1972. In the years that followed, Fogerty gave the guitar away — which ended up becoming a major regret later in life. It wasn't until the 1990s that he found it once again but at the time, the owner of the axe wanted $40,000 to return it to him. Looking back, Fogerty admits it wasn't financially possible for him and actually seeing the guitar unexpectedly brought back painful memories surrounding his legal battle with his former bandmates and record label. "I was hurt. I was damaged," Fogerty recalled to Rolling Stone. "I started as a kid full of joy doing music, but during the time of Creedence, and shortly after that, it became certainly not joyful." While he refused to pay for the guitar back then, his wife Julie decided to track it down years later. This time, it had found its way to a different guitar shop and she decided to buy it anonymously. She presented it to her husband on Christmas morning, reuniting them after 44 years apart. That guitar became the driving force behind Fogerty's decision to return to music. It began the healing process — and he even played it on his upcoming album, Legacy – The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years. 'The idea [behind Legacy] was to reconnect and feel that way about everything again. The guy who couldn't even stand to look at his own guitar in the Nineties or beyond would have never done that," Fogerty shared. Legacy – The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years is set to be released August 22, 2025. 60s Rock Legend Refuses To Pay $40,000 For Long Lost Guitar first appeared on Parade on Jun 2, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
Former Creedence Clearwater front man John Fogerty celebrates 80th with show in Manhattan
NEW YORK -- As he turned 80 this week, John Fogerty was in a mood to honor his past and to revise it. We should all be so alive and so remembered at his age. Fogerty, in the midst of an international tour, played a rowdy 100-minute set Thursday night to an adoring, near-capacity audience at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre. Crowd members spanned from those likely to remember 'Proud Mary,' 'Fortunate Son' and other Creedence Clearwater Revival hits when first released a half-century ago to those looking young enough to have heard about them through their grandparents. At least from a distance, Fogerty didn't look or sound much different from his prime with Creedence, which was rarely off the charts between 1969 and 1971. He wore his trademark flannel shirt; had the same shaggy haircut, although with his bangs brushed back; sang with a vintage roar that has mellowed only slightly; and even played the same guitar, a Rickenbacker, that he had acquired back in the late '60s. Fogerty presented himself as a proud rock 'n' roller, and a very proud family man. His band includes two of his sons on guitar, Shane and Tyler, with daughter Kelsy briefly joining them on a third guitar. Off to the side was his wife, Julie, whom he praised as the love and the hero of his life, if only because she gave one of the greatest gifts an old rock star could ask for: She helped win back rights to his song catalogue. Fogerty had battled over his copyrights for decades, and at one point found himself being sued for plagiarizing one of his Creedence hits, which at the time he didn't own. He has marked his victory with an upcoming album, 'Legacy,' for which he recorded new versions of 20 songs. If you were in the house Thursday night, you couldn't help hearing about it. A promotional film about 'Legacy' opened the show and Fogerty mentioned it again before his encore set. Both the album, subtitled 'The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years,' and his concert tell a story of how he wants to look back. As Fogerty noted at one point Thursday night, Creedence Clearwater Revival soared to the highest heights before imploding bitterly in the early '70s and never again recording or touring together. Only Creedence diehards would have known the identity of the other band members — drummer Doug Clifford, bassist Stu Cook, and guitarist Tom Fogerty, John's brother, who died in 1990. Their names were never mentioned, their faces near-invisible among the rush of images that appeared Thursday on a screen behind Fogerty and his band. The new tracks on 'Legacy,' each labeled 'John's Version,' leave only John Fogerty from the original group. The Beacon show was very much about where is he now, and how much he likes it. He dashed about the stage, rocked out on his Rickenbacker with the joy of a teenager on air guitar and even poured himself champagne. Fans clapped and danced, while being showered with confetti and dazzled with lasers and fog. The more informed sang along with 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain' and the baseball anthem 'Centerfield," Fogerty's most famous post-Creedence song. Virtually all stood and cheered to serenade the night's guest of honor, whose birthday was the day before.
San Francisco Chronicle
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Former Creedence Clearwater front man John Fogerty celebrates 80th with show in Manhattan
NEW YORK (AP) — As he turned 80 this week, John Fogerty was in a mood to honor his past and to revise it. We should all be so alive and so remembered at his age. Fogerty, in the midst of an international tour, played a rowdy 100-minute set Thursday night to an adoring, near-capacity audience at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre. Crowd members spanned from those likely to remember 'Proud Mary,' 'Fortunate Son' and other Creedence Clearwater Revival hits when first released a half-century ago to those looking young enough to have heard about them through their grandparents. At least from a distance, Fogerty didn't look or sound much different from his prime with Creedence, which was rarely off the charts between 1969 and 1971. He wore his trademark flannel shirt; had the same shaggy haircut, although with his bangs brushed back; sang with a vintage roar that has mellowed only slightly; and even played the same guitar, a Rickenbacker, that he had acquired back in the late '60s. Fogerty presented himself as a proud rock 'n' roller, and a very proud family man. His band includes two of his sons on guitar, Shane and Tyler, with daughter Kelsy briefly joining them on a third guitar. Off to the side was his wife, Julie, whom he praised as the love and the hero of his life, if only because she gave one of the greatest gifts an old rock star could ask for: She helped win back rights to his song catalogue. Fogerty had battled over his copyrights for decades, and at one point found himself being sued for plagiarizing one of his Creedence hits, which at the time he didn't own. He has marked his victory with an upcoming album, 'Legacy,' for which he recorded new versions of 20 songs. If you were in the house Thursday night, you couldn't help hearing about it. A promotional film about 'Legacy' opened the show and Fogerty mentioned it again before his encore set. Both the album, subtitled 'The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years,' and his concert tell a story of how he wants to look back. As Fogerty noted at one point Thursday night, Creedence Clearwater Revival soared to the highest heights before imploding bitterly in the early '70s and never again recording or touring together. Only Creedence diehards would have known the identity of the other band members — drummer Doug Clifford, bassist Stu Cook, and guitarist Tom Fogerty, John's brother, who died in 1990. Their names were never mentioned, their faces near-invisible among the rush of images that appeared Thursday on a screen behind Fogerty and his band. The new tracks on 'Legacy,' each labeled 'John's Version,' leave only John Fogerty from the original group. The Beacon show was very much about where is he now, and how much he likes it. He dashed about the stage, rocked out on his Rickenbacker with the joy of a teenager on air guitar and even poured himself champagne. Fans clapped and danced, while being showered with confetti and dazzled with lasers and fog. The more informed sang along with 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain' and the baseball anthem 'Centerfield," Fogerty's most famous post-Creedence song. Virtually all stood and cheered to serenade the night's guest of honor, whose birthday was the day before.
Winnipeg Free Press
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Former Creedence Clearwater front man John Fogerty celebrates 80th with show in Manhattan
NEW YORK (AP) — As he turned 80 this week, John Fogerty was in a mood to honor his past and to revise it. We should all be so alive and so remembered at his age. Fogerty, in the midst of an international tour, played a rowdy 100-minute set Thursday night to an adoring, near-capacity audience at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre. Crowd members spanned from those likely to remember 'Proud Mary,' 'Fortunate Son' and other Creedence Clearwater Revival hits when first released a half-century ago to those looking young enough to have heard about them through their grandparents. At least from a distance, Fogerty didn't look or sound much different from his prime with Creedence, which was rarely off the charts between 1969 and 1971. He wore his trademark flannel shirt; had the same shaggy haircut, although with his bangs brushed back; sang with a familiar roar that has mellowed only; and even played the same guitar, a Rickenbacker, that he had acquired back in the late '60s. Fogerty presented himself as a proud rock 'n' roller, and a very proud family man. His band includes two of his sons on guitar, Shane and Tyler, with daughter Kelsy briefly joining them on another guitar. Off to the side was his wife, Julie, whom he praised as the love and the hero of his life, if only because she gave one of the greatest gifts an old rock star could ask for: She helped win back rights to his song catalogue. Fogerty had battled over his copyrights for decades, and at one point found himself being sued for plagiarizing one of his Creedence hits, which at the time he didn't own. He has marked his victory with an upcoming album, 'Legacy,' for which he recorded new versions of 20 songs. If you were in the house Thursday night, you couldn't help hearing about it. A promotional film about 'Legacy' opened the show and Fogerty mentioned it again before his encore set. Both the album, subtitled 'The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years,' and his concert tell a story of how he wants to look back. As Fogerty noted at one point Thursday night, Creedence Clearwater Revival soared to the highest heights before imploding bitterly in the early '70s and never again recording or touring together. Only Creedence diehards would have known the identity of the other band members — drummer Doug Clifford, bassist Stu Cook, and guitarist Tom Fogerty, John's brother, who died in 1990. Their names were never mentioned, their faces near-invisible among the rush of images that appeared Thursday on a screen behind Fogerty and his band. The new tracks on 'Legacy' leave only John from the original group. The Beacon show was very much about where is he now, and how much he is enjoying himself. He dashed about the stage, rocked out on his Rickenbacker with the joy of a teenager on air guitar and even poured himself champagne. Fans clapped and danced, while being showered with confetti and dazzled with lasers and fog. The more informed sang along with 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain' and the baseball anthem 'Centerfield,' Fogerty's most famous post-Creedence song. Virtually all stood and cheered to serenade the night's guest of honor, whose birthday was the day before.
