City officials explore avenues to increased crane safety

St. Petersburg officials unanimously agree that residents deserve more protection from falling tower cranes during extreme weather events. However, state preemption handcuffs those efforts.

Local lawmakers recently filed a bill that, if passed, would restore home rule over construction cranes. At a committee meeting Thursday morning, city council members instructed attorneys and administrators to draft a resolution supporting the state statute’s repeal.

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Ya La’Ford interprets the West in James Museum show

During her 2022 residency at the Ogden Museum of Contemporary Art in Utah, Tampa artist Ya La’Ford got out and explored the unique geological terrain of the region, its mountains, canyons and landscapes so unlike anything she’d seen, in Florida or elsewhere.

Ford’s abstract expressionist sculptures, paintings and mixed media works liberally use geometric shapes, linear tracks and labyrinth designs as a way of interpreting her impressions and her interpretations. And the western atmosphere spoke to her.

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