Английская Википедия:Hermine Ricketts
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Hermine E. Ricketts, also known as Hermine Ricketts-Carroll (1956–2019), was a Jamaican-born American architect, activist, and painter.[1][2][3] She was active as an architect in South Florida, where she was the only Black female architect in 1992.[2] She and her husband made national news when they had a six year-long legal battle with the Village Council of Miami Shores to keep a vegetable garden in their front yard, a lawsuit which she won in July 2019 and she died soon after.[4]
Biography
Ricketts was born in 1956 in Hermitage, Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica.[5] She attended Howard University in Washington, D.C.[6]
Ricketts was the founder president in 1986 of HER Architects, Inc., located in Coral Gables, Florida.[1][7] Her architecture work was acknowledged in The New York Times, and Ebony magazine, where she was named a "top women architect" in the 1990s.[5] In 1992, Ricketts was the only Black female architect in South Florida.[2][6] Her work included the renovation of the Jackson Memorial Hospital, and a renovation of a Veterans Hospital. Within the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, she designed alongside the Broward firm the Miami Shores Elementary School and Comstock Elementary School; and designed alone the Carol City Elementary School and Jann Mann Opportunity Education. She also designed African Square Park in Meyga Learning Center at 1466 NW 62nd Street in Miami.[6] In 2004, Ricketts paintings were included in a group exhibition "Three Women" at the gallery at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, 6161 NW 22nd Avenue, Miami.[3]
She and her husband Tom Carroll had a six year-long legal battle with the Village Council of Miami Shores in order to change zoning, so she could maintain keeping her vegetable garden in their front yard.[8][9][10][4] Starting in 2013, the village of Miami Shores has banned growing vegetable gardens in front yards, which became punishable by a daily fine of US $50 because they were "unsightly and violated zoning codes".[11] For 20 years, Ricketts had maintained a vegetable garden in her front yard.[11] Her case was supported by the Institute for Justice.[12] While the legal battle was coming to an end and they had won their case, Ricketts died on August 24, 2019, after struggle with illness.[13][11]
Work
- Veterans Hospital[6]
- Jackson Memorial Hospital renovation, 1611 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida[6]
- Miami Shores Elementary School, with Broward firm, 10351 NE 5th Avenue, Miami Shores, Florida[6]
- Comstock Elementary School, with Broward firm, 2420 NW 18th Avenue, Miami, Florida[6]
- Carol City Elementary School, Miami Gardens, Florida[6]
- Phyllis Ruth Miller Elementary School, 840 NE 87th Street, Miami, Florida[1]
- Jann Mann Opportunity Education, 16101 NW 44th Court, Opa-locka, Florida[6]
- African Square Park in Meyga Learning Center, 1466 NW 62nd Street, Miami, Florida[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 6,3 6,4 6,5 6,6 6,7 6,8 6,9 Шаблон:Cite news
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