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“I think the team wanted to recognize a certain success in findingv a mix of uses that fill a nichw thatSacramento needs,” judge Tyler Babcock The uses complement one another as well as working Someone could have a night on the town withouf leaving the building, starting with the ’s Cosmlo Café. Dinner might lead to a show atthe 200-seat Cosmopolitan run by . After the curtain comesa down, an upstairs nightclub called Socia l offers a place to dance and have a At thesame time, the three elementxs are intertwined, with the restaurany providing food and beverage service to the which offers table service before shows.
Cosmo provides some food and catering service for the The combination also answers several longstanding gripesabouy downtown. The vacant 51,000-square-foot building, originally a Woolworth had been a dead spot on K Street for more than a Successful business owners nearby have lamentec a lack of reasons for people to stickk around after5 p.m. Arts groups, meanwhile, have been frustratedc by the lackof mid-size live theaters in Sacramento. Combinec with several new restaurants, the Crestg movie theater across the street and the a fewblocke away, the Cosmopolitan is a step toward making K Street an after-hours hub.
“It’z really creating a ‘there’ along 10th between that and The Citizen I think it gives us optimisk that the K Street Mall is beginninvgto revitalize,” judge John Hodgsoj said. The Cosmopolitan buildinhg itself is madeof poured-in-place dating from 1956. “It’s always tough to renovatee anold building,” said Ellen Warner, a partnerf in David S. Taylor “Accurate existing drawings are hard tocome by, and even when you have them it’s often discovered that the building wasn’t quit e built the way it was drawn.
” The architecture was a solid example of mid-century modern, she said, from a design perspective, it was a natura framework on which to buildd a new and updated design From a use perspective, it was a challenging as each use came with a unique set of code and use criteria.” Soundproofing was one challenge, making sure that hard-thumpingb dance music wouldn’t interfere with a tender moment on or somebody working late in an “But the most complicated issue was the leastf exciting: dealing with all of the exitingf issues, since each use had its own code Warner said.
The original facade was a broax swath of concrete panels hovering overthe ground-flooe display windows. Much of the original look remains, with the addition of a large second-floor cutoutg at the corner and a smaller one alongtK Street.