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| The design proposal will fix the sign... |
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| ...and add more windows. |
When I heard that the gas station with no name had a new proposal for its redesign, I admit to being skeptical. After all, the previous design change converted the unused car wash into a fast food joint with a drive-through that would use a public alley as an exit point along a one-way street with limited visibility. On top of not needing more fast food along Broadway, the drive-through proposal was both dangerous and out of line with city planning on multiple levels.
However, the architect working with the Fremont gas station is the same one who helped with the Dream Home makeover, and I'm glad to see someone take on challenges like this. It should be noted that the changes are merely proposed, and are contingent on funding and getting the necessary community and city approval. Also, don't be disheartened by the drabness of the pictures above. That's WHY changes are being proposed. Finally, I forgot some of my own experience with how emotional people get about colors, and my first reaction was that the gray made me think of a prison. The color scheme is not finalized, so don't react to that at all; just focus on the layout.
The Northsider.org has some of these schematics loaded up in a more visually accessible way than I'm able to do on Blogger, so readers can either click on that link or see the pdf files on Google docs:
3-D angle one
3-D angle two
3-D angle three
site plan
south elevation
west elevation
Since an email mentioned that there was a binder on site, I went inside the gas station for the first time, and...
