New Life for a New Building
New Life
Buildings have life cycles. A structure may be designed for the original client, but altered to fit the needs of subsequent occupants. For 601 E. Franklin St. in Monterey, TJC designed a unique building to merge a car dealership’s prototype with the city’s regulations. The dealership closed shorty after it opened, and since then, we have shown a variety of companies how they could adapt the building to their retail needs, including another auto dealership. However no one committed until now. Calvary Christian High School has announced that they will be moving into the former dealership next fall. We will coordinate renovation drawings for permits from the City of Monterey. We are happy for the owner and the high school, and glad to see the building being put to good use.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
How wonderful, I just love reading about how amorphic building and structure turn into. I love to look as houses, buildings, etc, and just imagine how their live spaan has played out into reality. What trials and tribulations have those walls seen.