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PHOTO GALLERY: The Center for Architecture Sarasota Debut


  • By Heather Merriman Saba
  • | 4:00 a.m. October 21, 2013
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PHOTO GALLERY: The Center for Architecture Sarasota Debut
Tre Michel, Gary and Beth Spencer and David Steiner
Tre Michel, Gary and Beth Spencer and David Steiner
Hilary Keaton and Gail Hustedde
Hilary Keaton and Gail Hustedde
Cynthia McCague and Damien Blumetti
Cynthia McCague and Damien Blumetti
Dr. John and Patty Quirk with Mary Kenealy-Barbetta and Commissioner Joe Barbetta
Dr. John and Patty Quirk with Mary Kenealy-Barbetta and Commissioner Joe Barbetta
Cynthia Peterson, president of the board of directors for The Center for Architecture Sarasota, speaks at the CFAS/Spencer home opening.
Cynthia Peterson, president of the board of directors for The Center for Architecture Sarasota, speaks at the CFAS/Spencer home opening.
Kimberly and Dean Thompson, contractor of The Spencer House.
Kimberly and Dean Thompson, contractor of The Spencer House.
Wilson Stiles and Alan Sprintz
Wilson Stiles and Alan Sprintz
Paula Trewitt and Alan Marlor
Paula Trewitt and Alan Marlor
Michelle Young, Cynthia Peterson, Heather Chapell, Wilson Stiles, Lily Chapell, Jim Keaton and Alan Sprintz with the $85,000 Heather Chapell donated to CFAS.
Michelle Young, Cynthia Peterson, Heather Chapell, Wilson Stiles, Lily Chapell, Jim Keaton and Alan Sprintz with the $85,000 Heather Chapell donated to CFAS.

 

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