$6.7m community center renovation.Manhattan-based Stephen Yablon Architect is designing a $6.7 million renovation and reuse of the Dr. Ramon Emeterio Betances Community Center in the Mort Haven section of the South Bronx. The centerpiece of the project, located in the Betances Houses (an eight-building NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Housing Authority complex), will be home to the championship-winning amateur Betances Boxing Program. When complete in 2005, the 12,290-square-foot project will join, improve, and reuse existing facilities. The gymnasium will receive a new facade and interior finishes, and the roof over the boxing area will be raised to a three-story height. On the first floor, meeting and classrooms will form an interior "courtyard" that will overlook the boxing ring on the lower level. Bleachers for 300 spectators and new training and locker rooms are also being added. The firm is also currently at work on a $ 4.7 million renovation of the Hudson Guild Hudson Guild is a multi-service, multi-generational, community-based organization rooted in and primarily focused on the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. It was founded in 1895. in Manhattan, which has provided community and social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales to Chelsea residents for over 100 years. A curtain wall curtain wall Nonbearing wall of glass, metal, or masonry attached to a building's exterior structural frame. After World War II, low energy costs gave impetus to the concept of the tall building as a glass prism, an idea originally put forth by Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies will bring sunlight to the interior and increase transparency, space will be added and the facility will be brought up to code, and a color palette Also called a "color lookup table," "lookup table," "index map," "color table" or "color map," it is a commonly used method for saving file space when creating 8-bit color images. will be developed that will be used for signage as well as the interiors. The project is scheduled to be completed this year. |
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