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Sneak Peek: Brightline station rises

The Brightline high-speed rail station in Fort Lauderdale is going vertical.

Community leaders were invited Friday to “make their mark” at the Fort Lauderdale station by signing their initials in the concrete as the columns are poured.

Signing a V-column: Brightline Chief Marketing Officer Julie Edwards; Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Robert McKinzie; Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler; Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness; Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca; Hollywood Commissioner Dick Blattner; and Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Romney Rogers
Signing a V-column: Brightline Chief Marketing Officer Julie Edwards; Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Robert McKinzie; Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler; Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness; Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca; Hollywood Commissioner Dick Blattner; and Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Romney Rogers

“We have received such strong support for Brightline from the Mayor, Commissioners and community leaders here in Fort Lauderdale. We invited them to leave their mark on one of our iconic V columns that will become part of the station structure,” said Julie Edwards, Brightline’s chief marketing officer. “This marks a significant step forward in bringing this transformative development to Fort Lauderdale. Soon we will start vertical construction, putting the walls and “V” columns into place. In just about one year, we’ll be opening the station and beginning Brightline service to Miami and West Palm Beach.”

The columns reaching up to 45 feet tall will also be illuminated at night and can change color. In Fort Lauderdale, 16 V columns are being constructed on site, weighing up to 70 tons.

The V columns provide a defining architectural element to each of Brightline’s stations in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, which have been designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), one of the largest and most influential architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world, in association with Zyscovich Architects, an integrated urban design, architecture, and interior design firm headquartered in downtown Miami.  Moss & Associates of Fort Lauderdale is overseeing the construction of the Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach train stations.

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Related stories:

How Brightline, the Tri-Rail Coastal Link and Wave Streetcar are game changers for mass transit.

Rail mass transit creates hot spots for future development.

Spaces feature on the Miami Central station

 

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Drew Limsky

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BIOGRAPHY

Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.