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131 Ponce de Leon Avenue, also known as the Gulf Oil Building, was both a building in Midtown Atlanta, at the southeast corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Juniper Street, as well as the name of a planned mixed-use development which would incorporate portions of the Pei building's façade and add 321 apartments and of retail space. The building was architect I. M. Pei's first project, built in 1949,〔(List of I. M. Pei projects on Pei Cobb Freed & Partners website )〕 a two-story "box that invoked the lean rectilinearity of Mies van der Rohe".〔(''I.M. Pei: a profile in American architecture'', Carter Wiseman, p.52 )〕 The proposed mixed-use development would incorporate 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 site in 2012.〔("Faison plans new Ponce de Leon project", Douglas Sams, ''Atlanta Business Chronicle", Aug 9, 2012 )〕 In 2008, the block had been proposed for redevelopment as the "Fountain on Ponce" complex, but that project did not go through.〔("Fountain on Ponce" brochure on Bull Realty website )〕 The building was demolished in February 2013,〔(Photos of demolition on Architecture Tourist )〕 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.〔("Demolition Underway of Gulf Oil Refining Building", Atlanta Preservation Center, February 2013 )〕 ==External links== *(Photo of Pei building on Skyline Views (blog) ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「131 Ponce de Leon Avenue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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