2 - Modern Steel Construction
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• employed<br />
along the south property<br />
line abutting an adjacent building<br />
to allow the new columns to be<br />
placed within 10" of the line.<br />
The grillage beams are made up<br />
of two A572 W33x188 wide flanges<br />
each. The beams, which are encased<br />
in concrete, span over two<br />
pile caps to cantilever to the line.<br />
The structure is crucial to the<br />
area's revitalization effort due to<br />
its prime location at the Firstside<br />
Intersection, where two of the<br />
city's major axes meet.<br />
By moving its main entrance<br />
from its former location overlooking<br />
the river to the corner of First<br />
Avenue and Market Street, the<br />
orientation of the building was<br />
turned to face the important intersection.<br />
A new 800-sq.-ft. brick and<br />
stone plaza in front of the entrance<br />
serves not only as a local<br />
foreground for the building, but<br />
FOR<br />
ALL<br />
YOUR<br />
STRUCTURAL<br />
FASTENER<br />
NEEDS<br />
SPECIFY<br />
ST. LOUIS!<br />
also satisfies the city's open space<br />
requirements.<br />
Visitors to the building are<br />
greeted by an extraordinary 10' sq.<br />
wrought iron cartouche, set inside<br />
the 10-story triangular glass<br />
entrance portico.<br />
Reminiscent of the works of<br />
Louis Sullivan, the cartouche sets<br />
the tone for a series of turn-of-thecentury<br />
statements throughout the<br />
building. In addition, the new<br />
wing features a 75' long two-story<br />
high exterior arcade detailed in<br />
herringbone and basket weave<br />
brick panels, and lighted with six<br />
period pendant light fixtures. Exposed<br />
structural steel beams 14'<br />
above the sidewalk provide a gaslight-period<br />
flavor to the arcade.<br />
The building's main lobby adds<br />
to the 1900s Theme with its coffered<br />
and period pressed metal<br />
ceilings, ebonized oak crown<br />
molding, base, and chair-rails, and<br />
brass-trimmed wall sconces.<br />
The building's unused 10-story<br />
lightwell was transformed into an<br />
ll-story skylighted atrium housing<br />
an art ga llery on the first floor adjacent<br />
to the main lobby.<br />
Willialll Hart/ep, AlA, is vice presidellt<br />
with L.D. Astorino & Associates,<br />
Ltd.<br />
ST. LOUIS SCREW<br />
& BOLT COMPANY<br />
SI. Louis Screw & Bolt makes a FULL<br />
range of structural fasteners. We produce<br />
Types I & III A-325 bolts, ASTM<br />
A-307 bolts, and have the capability<br />
to manufacture fasteners to YOUR<br />
specifications. At SI. Louis Screw &<br />
Bolt, we practice accepted quality<br />
control methods to insure that you<br />
receive the best products available.<br />
ALL materials we use are traceable<br />
to steel melted and manufactured in<br />
the USA. And each production run ,<br />
traceable to a heat lot of steel, is certified<br />
to meet ASTM specifications.<br />
FOR THE QUALITY SOLUTION<br />
TO ALL YOUR STRUCTURAL<br />
FASTENER NEEDS, SPECIFY<br />
ST. LOUISI<br />
ST. LOUIS SCREW & BOLT COMPANY<br />
6900 N. Broadway • St. Louis, MO 63147 • 314/389-7500 Since 1887<br />
FAX: (314) 389-7510<br />
1-800-237-7059<br />
See us at #113<br />
Modem <strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Construction</strong> ' March -A pril 1990 4S
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