Comments on: The Urban Facelift Project #6 (1300 Main Street)

By: lisa simon

lisa simon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:37:18 +0000

Talked to Jason and am confidant the project will be a huge improvement. He called worried that my short post reflected unhappiness which was definitely not the case. I have enjoyed all your facelifts and appreciate all the hard work you guys do. As I conveyed earlier your facelift of the flex staff building on Main made me want to purchase the property. Keep the renderings coming!

By: lisa simon

lisa simon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:04:05 +0000

Thanks Jason. Keep up the good work.

By: jason

jason — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:45:53 +0000

Lisa –

Thanks for the comments.

Just wanted to quickly address the argument for paint stripping vs repainting the brick. Because this is a commissioned facelift and there is a very tight budget we needed to paint instead of strip because of two reasons.

The owner can actually do the paint labor himself, keeping cost down, which allows the purchasing of awnings, lights, uniform signage. Also, if the paint on the brick is stripped then you have to deal with a tremendous amount of piping, wires, and conduit exposed. Painting everything out makes that stuff kind of disappear, allowing for a cleaner look, because again it is cost prohibitive at this time to conceal the piping, etc.

I think you’ll find the actually paint colors specified a little warmer than they are represented on the computer, but we can’t guarantee that, of course.

Hopefully that gets you into our heads a little bit on our way of thinking on these 4-5 hour projects.

Thanks again for being a part of the discussion!

By: lisa simon

lisa simon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:24:16 +0000

I love you guys work but am actually a little bummed by this facelift. I love this building and as one of the few remaining older structures I was hoping to see it returned to its original retro look. It is beautiful as it is and just needs some paint stripping, cool awnings, signage and lighting IMO. I find the grey very cold and boring.

By: edliberatori

edliberatori — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:04:01 +0000

I like this a whole lot! Damn near made my day. It’s smart.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:13:42 +0000

Clean and simple. I love it. Much nicer than the orange and blue. This is florida, but seriously. :-\

By: jason

jason — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:54:14 +0000

We’re obviously excited that the owner is taking this step, he knows its time to up the ante a bit.

By: thelakelander

thelakelander — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:38:37 +0000

Great work, as always.

By: Architecture Blogs

Architecture Blogs — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:23:48 +0000

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By: lavardera

lavardera — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:01:27 +0000

I love these – great work. And a great example of picking yourself up by the boot straps