Comments on: Paul Rudolph’s Riverview High School in Sarasota to be demolished.

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:29:11 +0000

I graduated from RHS in 1972. My most vivid memories of the campus are of the flooding of the 1st floor whenever it rained and how hot the rooms were in the spring and fall. But then I went to UF before the dorms were air conditioned. Still don’t like having wet shoes/feet or being hot — moved to Colorado where we are still having snow storms in mid-March.

By: JGoerke

JGoerke — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:43:46 +0000

I was a transfer to riverview in my junior year (05 class) The layout was very open and sometimes I liked it and sometimes (rainy season) i was very unhappy with it. I went to the new one not too long ago and I does remind me of my old school in Brooklyn (very prison like) But the architecture is very visually appealing. I like the new building but I’m sure its very secure (to the point of being annoying to students as I can imagine). I hope to take a full tour of it in time.

By: C-Mon

C-Mon — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:39:29 +0000

hey… thanks for the thoughtful comment! glad to hear from someone who attends the school… so sorry to hear it’s gone. best, c.

By: class of 2011

class of 2011 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:25:14 +0000

I am going to be a junior this year in the new building so I had 2 years experience in the old one. When I first went to riverview in the old building I wanted the new school to be finished so I could go there. At the beginning of last year I wish I could have finished in the old one. The new school is designed similar to a jail in that there is one door (group of doors) that everyone must pass through which will be guarded so nobody can leave, sounds good right? hey, its high school it’s not a home for the mentally insane. I feel that anyone who went to riverview and looked around a bit will truly miss the building. it was pretty harsh leaving school for a summer trip and coming back to a parking lot. The people who let this happen fall into a category created by my old great uncle “mentally castrated” But it’s too late now we’ll just have to remember the retro charm the old building had.
- to grad RHS 2011

By: Chamie

Chamie — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:07:36 +0000

I agree it is definitely sad to see my school go but if only you alumni knew the condition it was in. Maintenance has blown out the window with the construction of the new school. There were green plants growing from pipes, rusted piping and rails, not to mention the locker rooms and bathrooms. I was surprised the spray paint was painted over on the last week of this school year. It is of course a shame to see such good architecture become a block-o-concrete school with completely internal hallways. I agree that some drastic repairs needed to made but they just don’t have the funding.