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March 3, 2010 – 11:07 am | No Comment

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The Urban Facelift Project #7 (infill: 1648 n main street)
June 12, 2009 – 12:15 pm | 4 Comments
The Urban Facelift Project #7 (infill: 1648 n main street)

We promise we will be getting back to some non-Springfield facelifts soon, but couldn’t resist doing an infill on the same block of past UFP #3 (1632-1636 N Main Street). Obviously, rehabilitating existing buildings …

The Urban Facelift Project – Our first two independent submissions
June 11, 2009 – 2:09 pm | 5 Comments
The Urban Facelift Project – Our first two independent submissions

When we first started doing the Urban Facelift Project, our hope was that we would eventually get submissions from individuals outside of content design group.  Below are the first two independent submissions we have received, …

The Urban Facelift Project #6 (1300 Main Street)
June 3, 2009 – 12:55 pm | 10 Comments
The Urban Facelift Project #6 (1300 Main Street)

The Urban Facelift Project #6 is actually our first commissioned Facelift Project.  A member of the Springfield community put a previous UFP, #3 (1632-1636 Main Street) in front of the owner of 1300 Main Street …

RIP – 118 Main is demolished (Urban Facelift Project#2)
May 19, 2009 – 3:34 pm | One Comment
RIP – 118 Main is demolished (Urban Facelift Project#2)

We began photographing buildings for the Urban Facelift Project in late April. All of the buildings that we chose for the first group of studies had obviously been allowed to be in a state …

The Urban Facelift Project #5 (937 main)
May 18, 2009 – 2:13 pm | One Comment
The Urban Facelift Project #5 (937 main)

We’ve finally gotten around to #5, at 937 main.  We actually don’t have too much information about the building other than it’s actually part of the larger parcel, Claude Nolan Cadillac Building, but it actually …

MA modern home tour
May 14, 2009 – 10:51 am | 3 Comments
MA modern home tour

We’re walking out the door headed to Atlanta for this weekend’s modern home tour, hosted by Modern Atlanta.  Looking forward to seeing what’s new in residential modern design in Atlanta, and counting the years until …

Metro Jacksonville and Urban Jacksonville features the Urban Facelift Project.
May 8, 2009 – 7:20 am | No Comment
Metro Jacksonville and Urban Jacksonville features the Urban Facelift Project.

We’re excited to have a feature article explaining what the Urban Facelift Project is running over on metrojacksonville.com.  We’ve been a fan since they started and have the same stance on a majority of the …

The Urban Facelift Project #4 (118 Main Street Revisited)
May 4, 2009 – 12:02 pm | 4 Comments
The Urban Facelift Project #4 (118 Main Street Revisited)

Revisiting UFP #2, this time we’re focusing on the empty lot between the old  Lerner Shop and 5 W Forsyth.  We love the idea of working with deep, thin linear infill spaces because of the …

The Urban Facelift Project #3 (1632-1636 Main Street)
May 4, 2009 – 9:43 am | 9 Comments
The Urban Facelift Project #3 (1632-1636 Main Street)

We’ve got a two for one special for the third Urban Facelift Project.  We’ve gone outside of the boundary of the immediate downtown area and ventured north into Springfield.  We’re actually going to focus quite …

The Urban Facelift Project – #2 (118 Main Street)
April 28, 2009 – 11:17 am | 3 Comments
The Urban Facelift Project – #2 (118 Main Street)

You may have seen that last week we decided to launch the Urban Facelift Project.  Our hope with this project is that people will start looking at the potential of what we have in downtown …