{"id":1879,"date":"2010-06-26T10:01:19","date_gmt":"2010-06-26T10:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2010-06-24T15:02:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T15:02:06","slug":"positively-parking-part-2-of-3-part-of-the-whole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2010\/06\/positively-parking-part-2-of-3-part-of-the-whole\/","title":{"rendered":"Positively Parking (Part 2 of 3) Part of the Whole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-3.jpg\"><\/a>Right around the corner from the parking garage I showed yesterday is a very nice integration of retail into a parking garage. \u00a0It is difficult to say if the result was intentional or serendipitous and I think the success relies in part on the proximity of the surrounding buildings. \u00a0But I appreciate what looks like design intent made manifest.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1867\" title=\"Bank 1\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-1.jpg 513w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1869\" title=\"Bank 4\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-4.jpg 513w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1866\" title=\"Bank 5\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-5.jpg 513w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The sharp contrast between the stark bright(ish) white and the shock of red establishes a nice hierarchy and rhythm for that side facade, while the tower anchors the corner and announces there is something there.<\/p>\n<p>What you wouldn&#8217;t know from the pictures, however, is that the door on the longer facade is somewhat of a side door, entering into a vestibule with steps down to the bank floor. \u00a0The &#8220;front&#8221; entrance faces the street, as opposed to an interior courtyard, but is overshadowed (literally) by what appears to be a pre-existing and inadvisable pedestrian bridge. \u00a0(The entrance is in the corner behind the lamp post.)<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1868\" title=\"Bank 3\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-3.jpg 513w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Bank-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Right around the corner from the parking garage I showed yesterday is a very nice integration of retail into a parking garage. \u00a0It is difficult to say if the result was intentional or serendipitous and I think the success relies in part on the proximity of the surrounding buildings. \u00a0But I appreciate what looks like design intent made manifest.<\/p>\n<p>The sharp contrast between the stark bright(ish) white and the shock of red establishes a nice hierarchy and rhythm for that side facade, while the tower anchors the corner and announces there is something there.<\/p>\n<p>What you wouldn&#8217;t know from the pictures, however, is that the door on the longer facade is somewhat of a side door, entering into a &#8230; 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