CTroyMathis
21 December 2002, 02:39 PM
Former nursing home to become college dorm
Another East Side building redo is under way.
A former Gaston Avenue nursing home is getting new life as student housing.
The seven-story Dallas Rehabilitation Hospital at 4005 Gaston is being redeveloped as housing for students of Criswell College, which is located across the street at Haskell and Gaston avenues.
HH Architects of Dallas has been hired to handle construction of the 240-bed dormitory.
"To date, they have completely abated the building of asbestos and will soon finish the balance of the demolition to return it to a gutted shell condition," said Bob Treat, a project manager for HH Architects.
"All window systems will be replaced."
But the most visible part of the $5-million-plus project will be the addition of a walkway connecting Criswell College with the high-rise.
"A graceful 'cable-stayed' pedestrian bridge across busy Gaston Avenue will connect students directly to their second-floor classrooms," Mr. Treat said.
"A relocated coffee shop/bookstore will anchor the north end of the bridge and open onto an expansive elevated deck."
The cabled bridge was designed by Tom Taylor, the same structural engineer who worked on the signature white arched trusses at the new Dallas Convention Center expansion.
Another East Side building redo is under way.
A former Gaston Avenue nursing home is getting new life as student housing.
The seven-story Dallas Rehabilitation Hospital at 4005 Gaston is being redeveloped as housing for students of Criswell College, which is located across the street at Haskell and Gaston avenues.
HH Architects of Dallas has been hired to handle construction of the 240-bed dormitory.
"To date, they have completely abated the building of asbestos and will soon finish the balance of the demolition to return it to a gutted shell condition," said Bob Treat, a project manager for HH Architects.
"All window systems will be replaced."
But the most visible part of the $5-million-plus project will be the addition of a walkway connecting Criswell College with the high-rise.
"A graceful 'cable-stayed' pedestrian bridge across busy Gaston Avenue will connect students directly to their second-floor classrooms," Mr. Treat said.
"A relocated coffee shop/bookstore will anchor the north end of the bridge and open onto an expansive elevated deck."
The cabled bridge was designed by Tom Taylor, the same structural engineer who worked on the signature white arched trusses at the new Dallas Convention Center expansion.