T Squared

Brace yourselves: I think nmainguy is right on this issue.

Public buildings downtown are in too valuable a plot of land to look mediocre...private developers realize that when designing space for their clients and the City should recognize that...also, I don't know where the fire department HQ is officed, but they should've built significant office space above the station.

Besides, I would think that the firefighters working in the central station would take pride in the uniqueness of their workplace if it were built to be a masterpiece of architecture that everybody recognized as such.

Ahhh,,,,nice thought,,,firefighters that can recognize a masterpiece. Just suppose they were shown some of these beautiful "modern" examples....heh,,,heh,,,heh................how do you suppose we got what we got??

So much fun.... and suburbs (as you aptly illustrated) have always been victims of our great architectural deed restriction committees, developer guidelines, or etc,.........ooooh full circle to bite us in the rear .....think about that one....makes you want to go into historic demolition!

Actually, a new Headquarters may have a better chance, read between the lines guys ,,,,,,,, no design precedents there.....

havin' a good time!!

2010..........good, maybe by then the interest on my time (for all the free design work I did on this project) will be large enough for me to retire....not a nasayer,,,,just a been there skeptic.... >

Firefighters are the client, most are not trained design professionals...in fact, not any I suspect...as they must live in and maintain the stations 24/7/365 and are there to put their lives on the line everyday for us, I personnaly would give them deference for their opinions inspite of my own tastes and gladly foot the bill. I like the glass shed station in the previous post and had thought the display of all the fire equipment to the public for our Super Station would have been an interesting idea (but not to the rookie who would have to clean the windows everyday). Take heart, there maybe more oppourtunities in the future.....

September 15th is apparently the day to break ground. It's changed a few times but that's the current date.

Did you get a "year" on that?

Interesting comments re the new fire station, but as one intimately knowledgeable on the subject Iwould add that is important to consider the client's wishes...and in this case they are very satisfied. Fire has a deep sense of history, commradery, and image, albeit only a century old. Most of us seem to recognize that and the value it has for our community.