![]() ![]() Government, with its present civil defense budget, remain: (1) maintain the inventory on fallout shelter and identify space with some blast protection potential (2) plan for 'crisis upgrading' to improve existing space in a crisis, and (3) plan for construction of expedient shelter in a crisis. The very low cost options open to the U.S. The risk area population requiring blast protection is approximately 160 million. Single-purpose blast shelters cost in the high hundreds to low thousands of dollars per space, depending on size, hardness, location, and whether the shelter is part of new construction or retrofit. The principal technical barrier to construction of permanent shelters is cost. It was found that nuclear weapon effects and shelter design are well understood. The literature on the design, construction, testing, and cost of blast and fallout shelters was reviewed and a bibliography of over 1000 documents was assembled. The rear (south) elevation is clad in stucco.Civil Defense Shelters: A State-of-the-Art Assessment - 1986. A wide stone entablature and cornice with large dentils caps the third story. ![]() Round-arched openings feature fanlights and stone keystones as well as stones at the spring point of the arches. ![]() Second-story windows have stone sills and soldier course lintels while third-story windows have soldier course sills. Each bay contains a paired 8/8 double-hung, historically-appropriate replacement window at each story. Paired two-story brick pilasters with stone bases and capitals divide the façade into three bays. A simple stone beltcourse caps the first story. The central entry has a stone surround ornamented with dentils, scroll brackets, and fluted pilasters. The storefronts have brick and stone bulkheads, aluminum and glass display windows, wood doors, and awnings covering the transoms. The brick base contains two storefronts flanking a central entry. This three-story commercial building exhibits the tripartite base-shaft-capital façade configuration typical of the Classical Revival style. Late 19th & 20th Century Classical Revival ![]() The sign is located on far right side of the north facade. The I.O.O.F Building, located at 117-119 SW 6th Avenue, has a capacity of 240 persons. ![]()
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