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URBAN PEAK “THE SPOT”, DENVER, CO, USA_2011 Client: Urban Peak Size: $1.2 million (phase I), 3,213 ft2 Role: Project Architect, Project Manager, Lead Design DESCRIPTION: Once the Film Exchange Building for Paramount Pictures Distribution Corporation, this 1936 brick building in downtown Denver has been the home to Urban Peak a 501c3 organized to help homeless and at risk youth. This renovation was designed to expand necessary services for these youth by providing a commercial kitchen, laundry room, shower rooms, clinic room, and addition services in the first of three phases.
broadway ave. stout st.
22nd st. california st.
21st st.
ORIGINAL PLAN FROM 1936
RENOVATION PLAN FROM 2002
PORTFOLIO OF: Charles M. Romero, RA, NCARB
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south view of entry lobby stairs_before
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north view of entry lobby looking towards
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west wall of entry lobby_demolition
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original 1936 terrazzo detail_existing
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north view of entry lobby_renovated
5 dance studio_before
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east view of main corridor_before
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east view from check-in looking toward di
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east view of main corridor with check-in to
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west view from check-in looking toward e
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north view of check-in looking toward ma
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ining room_construction
o the south_construction
entry lobby_renovated
ain corridor and dining room_renovated
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west view of main corridor_before
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east view of dance studio platform_before
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north view of dance studio platform_demolition
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north view of kitchen (previously dance studio)_renovated
south view of kitchen looking toward dining room_renovated
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east wall of IT room (originally the film projection booth)_before
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east view of removed dance studio platform_demolition
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north wall of dance studio_demolition
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east view of clinic (previously dance studio)_renovated
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west view of uni-sex restroom (previous
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sly IT room)_renovated
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south view from small corridor_before
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north view from what was the music studi
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north view from dining room looking towa
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south view from dining room with laundry
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north view of dining room looking toward
io looking toward main corridor_demolition
ard the small corridor_construction room to the east_renovated check-in and kitchen_renovated
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west view from laundry room_before
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south view from laundry room_renovated
END OF PHASE I RENOVATION
PORTFOLIO OF: Charles M. Romero, RA, NCARB