Architects transform Clinton building.A little building at 647 Ninth Avenue is getting lots of attention. While a year ago it was an unremarkable six-story structure in Manhattan's Clinton Clinton. 1 Town (1990 pop. 12,767), Middlesex co., S Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled 1663, set off from Killingworth and inc. 1838. The school that later became Yale opened here in 1702. neighborhood, today it is a "post-modernist Mondrian," said David Mandl, President of Meltzer/Mandl Architects, P. C., who has overseen a major renovation of the building. Mandl has transformed the run-down run·down n. 1. A point-by-point summary. 2. Baseball A play in which a runner is trapped between bases and is pursued by fielders attempting to make the tag. adj. also run-down 1. a. , two-family building into eight spacious and light-filled rental units. "We have fashioned what looks like a new building out of existing, smaller structure," Mandl said. "The goal was to maximize light and air, as the building faces East and gets morning light pouring pour v. poured, pour·ing, pours v.tr. 1. To make (a liquid or granular solid) stream or flow, as from a container. 2. in." In the striking facade facade (fəsäd`), exterior face or wall of a building. The term implies ordered placement of its openings and other features and thus seems inapplicable to a wall without design. , he used standard storefront materials in pale green and blue to create a unique effect. "A lot of people stop in; they love the new face of the building," said Emilio Baristta, the developer, who is also one of the owners of the restaurant on the building's street level. "Our design of 647 9th demonstrates what can be done to an older building to maximize its use of space and make an architectural statement," continued Mandl "Even though it was sandwiched between the two neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. buildings, we completely reinvented the residential layout and updated materials to create a very special place to live." |
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