Adaptive Reuse - Chapter 3 - Gunn Meyerhoff Shay

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River Street
public thoroughfare, connecting the city
to its riverfront, while at the same time
providing a wall of buildings to protect
the smaller scale interior wards from the
hustle and bustle,” Shay says.
“I remember when we proposed an
eight story building at Bay and Abercorn,
just after the convention center opened
across the river in 2001. We showed
how a distinctive tower at the corner
could add to a skyline that could at last
be seen from a distance. Many people
said it shouldn’t be allowed because it
was too tall, but then we discovered a
picture of the century-old Board of
Trade building that had previously
been demolished on that spot for a
surface parking lot. It had a beautiful
tower, so, using that as a precendent,
we were allowed to proceed.” This
example of how a building adds by
ensemble, through synergy, provides an
important lesson in urban development.
“Now the historic landmark buildings