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March 3, 2004

Gym lets in the sunshine, and the neighbors

  • Miller/Hull designed the new gym to be "more porous and more visible."
    • By CLAIR ENLOW
    Special to the Journal

    Photos courtesy of Miller/Hull
    A mezzanine level inside the gym provides a path for circulation that enlivens the inside and outside of the building. A series of windows open to the morning light, and a stepped-back clerestory brings in more light.

    No one wants to wake up one morning and face a four-story wall right across the street. Residents along 13th Avenue between Union and Spring streets were no exception.


     
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