This month Mitchell Park Place, or also informally referred to as the Mead Lofts, opened their doors for occupancy.The Mead factory in St. Joseph, Missouri was an icon of the St. Joseph business community for decades. Many of us, and, we'll be showing our age here, remember using the Indian Head notebooks in school. This factory was the only facility in the country that manufactured these icons of education. When the Mead Corporate purchase the factory from it continued to operate until several years ago. Since then it has stood empty over the skyline of St. Joseph. Recently the Foutch Brothers, working with Gastinger-Walker Harden Architects in Kansas City developed plans to renovate the facility into a nearly self-contained loft project, complete with first floor shopping retailers, a top of the line athletic facility on the second floor, complete with pool, and a completely finished roof top terrace with grass, plants, solar panels, and water reclamation capabilities. And then there's the view from the roof... panorama of the Missouri River valley, St. Joseph, and Kansas. Nestled inside are furnished corporate apartments and a central atrium with grating allowing you to see up through multiple levels and through the skylights above.
This is an exciting project and will impact the local neighborhoods dramatically and positively. Revitalizing what was a declining area into a place people want to live.
Congratulations again Mitchell Park Place!
Whether you were there or not, and whether we are your photographer on a project or not, if you have any questions or comments about commissioning architectural photography, please feel free to drop us a line anytime. We'd be happy to help!
Kimberly Blom-Roemer
Photographer
R2 Photography, LLC
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Kimberly Blom-Roemer
Photographer
R2 Photography, LLC
r2-photography.com
866-722-9506
