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DRAFT MASTER PLAN FOR THE OPTS Conceptual floor plans illusrrating the two a1rernative approaches were prepared, compared, and evaluated. The two alternative approaches were: · RECOMMENDED ApPROACH: HISTORIC REUSE PLUS NEW Historic Reuse of the original fire house, and construction of a new addition which includes the demolirion of the 1960's addirion. This is the approach recom- mended in the Design Recommendations of the DPTS Master Plan. · ALTERNATE ApPROACH: FIRE STATION ADAPTIVE REUSE Adaptive reuse of the entire existing fire station' including the historic structure and 1960's addition. A description of this alternative, and a summary comparison of the two options, follows. The degree to which the exisring building's rooms can accommodate new uses depends on the specific size and proportion of rooms needed for new uses, and upon the structural limitations of the building's structural system. The existing main apparatus bay (in the 1960's addition) provides a high-ceiling, column-free area of approximarely 3,100 sq. fro The historic apparatus bay provides an area of approximately 800 sq. fro The remainder of the building is composed of a vari- ery of relatively small rooms, wirh structural bearing walls in many locations. If most non-structural walls are removed, the day room and kitchen (if combined) create the next largest clear space of approximately 700 sq. fro In the Adaptive Reuse layout, the newer apparatus bay provides the largest space and is designared for renovation as the multi-purpose room. While large enough in floor area, the moderate ceiling height is not as high as preferred for a black box the- ater, and is only marginally suitable for this purpose. The lobby functions can be accommodated in a new addition to the building on the south side that would form a strong and desirable connection to Wayside Park, but would have no connection to Railroad Avenue. Access from Railroad Avenue would be from a redesigned entry, but connection to the new lobby would still be indirect, through the circuitous hallways of the existing fire station. The addition of a new second floor is possible, but problematic. A second floor would be necessary to provide sufficient program space, and to provide a secondary means of exiting from the second floor of the historic fire house. It would also make possible elevator access to the second floor of the historic fire house. A new lobby could be two stories high, but the addition of a second level over part of the existing 1960's addition would require significant structural modification, and would result in a more complicated and inefficient floor plan. In general, the existing building does not provide enough spaces suitable for use in the new program. The degree of structural modifications required to provide for all the spaces in the program is significant, and raises the question of what existing value will remain. ApPENDIX - J I.,. II I