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131 Ponce de Leon Avenue

Building in Georgia, United States

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name	131 Ponce de Leon Avenue
image	131 Ponce de Leon Ave., Atlanta - I.M. Pei building.JPG
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image_caption	131 Ponce de Leon Avenue (I. M. Pei building) in January 2013, just before its demolition
alternate_names	Gulf Oil Building
address	131 Ponce de Leon Avenue
location_city	Atlanta
location_country	United States
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opened_date	1949
demolition_date	February 2013
floor_count	2
floor_area	50,000 square feet
architect	I. M. Pei
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131 Ponce de Leon Avenue, also known as the Gulf Oil Building, was a building at the southeast corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Juniper Street in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. The site is occupied by a mixed-use development of the same name, which incorporates portions of the Pei building's façade, with 321 apartments and 8600 ft2 of retail space.

The building was architect I. M. Pei's first project, built in 1949, a 50000 ft2 two-story "box that invoked the lean rectilinearity of Mies van der Rohe".

The mixed-use development incorporates the entire block bounded by Ponce de Leon Avenue, North Avenue, Piedmont Avenue and Juniper Street, except for St. Paul's church. A joint venture between real estate investment company Sereo Group Inc. and developer Faison Enterprises bought the 2.5 acre site in 2012.

In 2008, the block had been proposed for redevelopment as the "Fountain on Ponce" complex, but that project did not go through.

The building was demolished in February 2013, but the Atlanta Preservation Center stated that its understanding that a portion of the façade was to be "resurrected as a shell" and incorporated into the new complex. The demolition involved taking apart the building piece by piece. The front portion of the building was then reconstructed for use as the clubhouse and offices of the mixed use development.

References

[http://www.pcf-p.com/a/f/fme/imp/p/p.html List of I. M. Pei projects on Pei Cobb Freed & Partners website]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=71BQAAAAMAAJ&q=Atlanta+Gulf ''I.M. Pei: a profile in American architecture'', Carter Wiseman, p.52]
[http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/real_talk/2012/08/new-midtown-apartment-project-in-the.html "Faison plans new Ponce de Leon project", Douglas Sams, ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'', Aug 9, 2012]
""Fountain on Ponce" brochure on Bull Realty website".
[http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/de-marbling-im-pei-on-ponce-and-baring.html Photos of demolition on Architecture Tourist]
[http://www.atlantapreservationcenter.com/impei "Demolition Underway of Gulf Oil Refining Building", Atlanta Preservation Center, February 2013]
Collin Kelley. "Perspectives In Architecture: A New Life for an Old Building". Atlanta INtown Paper.

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