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Architects: Works Progress Architecture
- Area: 26737 ft²
- Year: 2009
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Photographs:Stephen A. Miller
Text description provided by the architects. bSIDE6 is a seven story commercial workstudio building with ground floor retail space that responds to its siting at the edge of historic industrial and commercial areas by combining the economy of a Central Eastside warehouse with the precedent of an arcade district. The 38’ by 100’ site is located in an historic arcade district that was created in the 1920’s when the main east-west city arterial, East Burnside, was widened - essentially carving out and claiming the ground floor of many existing structures. The arcades allowed for a unique pedestrian life unlike any other in the city. An urban design overlay now encourages new buildings to create relationships to the historic arcade structures and to work to reduce the perceptional width of the street.
