bigpicture7
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Was glad to see this take in the Globe this morning.
I have been saying for a while that residential is not the only adaptive reuse of office space. When it comes to physical products, the creative, design + prototyping, and light-mfg/fabrication opportunities are activities push out of city cores a long time ago, yet ideally there'd be a home for such there. I think, for some areas, the safety/EHS considerations might make office buildings challenging, but that may only be a small subset of possible uses (and/or the mitigations might still be easier than residential conversion). Either way, I think this deserves a bigger place in the conversation:
I have been saying for a while that residential is not the only adaptive reuse of office space. When it comes to physical products, the creative, design + prototyping, and light-mfg/fabrication opportunities are activities push out of city cores a long time ago, yet ideally there'd be a home for such there. I think, for some areas, the safety/EHS considerations might make office buildings challenging, but that may only be a small subset of possible uses (and/or the mitigations might still be easier than residential conversion). Either way, I think this deserves a bigger place in the conversation:
Turn empty offices into little factories - The Boston Globe
Let’s build stuff closer to where the people are — and future-proof our environment and economy in the process.
www.bostonglobe.com
Downtown needs an infusion of artists - The Boston Globe
Affordable art studios and live-work spaces are great ways to rejuvenate neighborhoods.
www.bostonglobe.com