The most interesting downtown housing: Population 3 (including a dog!)
July 22, 2007 09:50 Filed in: Development Watch
While lots has been written about the many large-scale downtown high rise condo projects under way, there i another downtown living trend worthy of note. Over the last five years, a number of the older, historic buildings on Congress avenue have been converted into very large single family residences. At least four buildings have been - or are in the process of being - converted.
Here are pictures of one of the projects - a roughly 8,400 square foot "house" between 8th and ninth on the East side of Congress Ave. I have toured one of these projects and the amazing thing is the complexity of the engineering. To build these -- and to support the weight of a pool on the roof -- requires the construction of a complex steel structure to support the loads of the house.
Here are a few pictures of the project:
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Here are pictures of one of the projects - a roughly 8,400 square foot "house" between 8th and ninth on the East side of Congress Ave. I have toured one of these projects and the amazing thing is the complexity of the engineering. To build these -- and to support the weight of a pool on the roof -- requires the construction of a complex steel structure to support the loads of the house.
Here are a few pictures of the project:
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