The Avery Road Galien River Bridge is a bridge that carries Avery Road over the Galien River near New Troy, MI. The construction date is not certain but is estimated in the 1920’s. The bridge was built by Michigan State Highway Department using Marshall and Sons. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1999.

Design was curved chord through girder

Total length was 60 feet

Width 25.7 feet

Largest span was 57

Avery Galien River Bridge

The Avalon Regal Theatre is currently undergoing a multiyear restoration supported by a new $249,500 Chicago Adopt a Landmark Grant for critical masonry and tower.repair, with.Grand Hall.reopening targeted for 2027/and full venue  in.2028 activation.

The city of Chicago has recommended the  Avalon.Regal Theatre for $249,500 in Adopt A.Landmark funding ,its first major public investment since.the building was purchased in 2014.

The grant will fund:

Critical Masonry Repairs

Rebuilding the exposed brick substructure of that tower

Selective remova/resetting of  displaced masonry and isolated  repointing

Temporary Stabilization of vunerable.areas

Front Facade Repair

         The AMC Sarasota Square 6 opened in 1983 at 8027 Geneva Road Sarasota.  It was a second 6 screens complex in the Sarasota Square Mall.

     The Sarasota Square Mall opened  in 1977 with a small six screen theater in the mall. In 1983, the AMC built a second six screen in a separate building on the north east corner of the mall property. It was named Sarasota Square East. The original theater was renamed the Sarasota Square  6 west..

     With the addition of the east theater, the mall offered 12 screens making it one of the regions largest movie destination in the 1980’s.

     Core building specifications. Sarasota Square 6 East

Screen Count 6

Total capacity 1,414 seats

Average 205 seats  per auditorium

     Building Sarasota Square 6 East

Stand alone single story cinema structure

Opening year 1983 as second AMC theater on the mall ground

     Likely included 

Central lobby with concession area

Six auditoriums arranged in 2 rows or a branching hallway

35 mm projectors across all screens

Parking on mall parcel

AMC opened a new 12 screen theater between Dillards and J.C. Penneys on 12/20/2006 The AMC Sarasota east and west were closed

     Roberts Bay CWA consists of several small spoil islands in the Intracoastal Waterway, just east of Siesta Key , Sarasota County. The island are mangrove-vegetated  and surrounded by seagrass meadows, protected from boat wake erosion by a Sarasota County Breakwater.

Wildlife and Conversation Importance

The site supports a diverse water bird colony, with focal species including:

      Roseate spoonbill

      Reddish egret

     Tricolored  heron, great egret, great blue heroin

     Brown pelican, double crested coloring

Hundreds of birds roost on the islands nightly and the colony has historically supported 13 species.  The area is critical for breeding, feeding and resting, and disturbance can expose eggs and chicks to predators and environmenal hazards.

     Stickney Point Bridge is a  bascule moveable draw bridge.  It carries state road 72 across the Intracoastal Waterway at mile marker 68.5 connecting Sarasota to the south end of Siesta Key.

     The bridge was built in 1968.  It is metal variable deck girder movable double leaf vascular type and approach spans. There are pre-stressed concrete stringers

    Measurements are:

Length 564 feet

Main span 117 feet

Roadway is 117 feet

     The bridge is currently underground a rehab project