Hardwood Floors August/September 2018

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Images and museum information courtesy of the Tampa Bay Times and Rudy Ciccarello.

Select, manufactured by Goodwin Heart Pine Company in Micanopy, Florida. is ooring will be installed in a section of the museum that will house a bungalow from California, circa 1910. “ e ooring in this area needed to be speci c so that it t well with the 1910 era,” adds Ciccarello. In his search for the right oors, McPherson and Peterson led Ciccarello to Goodwin, saying there was no be er heart pine than Goodwin’s River-Recovered. g

Albert Alfonso, the Tampa architect working on this project, described the museum as “a project of epic proportions,” and noted that Ciccarello’s commitment to excellence is evident in the quality of the building and materials used for the museum. During Alfonso’s search for the perfect oors for the museum, he was led to Quarter-Sawn Flooring. Quarter- Sawn is supplying 60,000 square feet of highly gured, radial quarter-sawn, 6’ wide, northern white oak ooring, as well as the material for the stairs in the museum. “Our process produces the most ray eck possible from any log, creating a look that is reminiscent of the Arts and Cra s Movement,” adds Peterson. “We’re looking forward to seeing this project completed; it’s going to be unique.” In addition to the white oak being supplied by Quarter- Sawn Flooring, there is also a section of the museum that will use 600 square feet of River-Recovered Heart Pine

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