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Carbondale HPC questions scale of proposed three‑story building at 242–256 Main Street
Summary
FormFi proposed demolishing the 1974 building at 242–256 Main Street for a three‑story, 15,000‑sq‑ft mixed‑use building with a 2,000‑sq‑ft roof deck. Commissioners split over alternative compliance requests—lowering first‑floor plate from 14 ft to 12 ft and allowing a 42‑ft elevator/stair override—citing massing impacts next to the village Smithy.
The Carbondale Historic Preservation Commission reviewed a FormFi proposal to replace the 1974 building at 242–256 Main Street with a three‑story, mixed‑use structure that the applicant described as about 15,000 square feet with roughly 9,000 square feet of commercial space, 6,000 square feet of residential space divided into four units, and a roughly 2,000‑square‑foot roof deck. Andrew Dillon of FormFi said the project is designed with a zero‑foot front setback, three distinct bays to break up massing and a facade treatment intended to match historic materials: “Mostly brick is what you'll see,” he said, and the team provided sun/shading diagrams aimed at minimizing shadow effects on the adjacent Smithy yard.
The applicant requested two alternative…
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