Exploring Montgomery

The storytelling continues… a collection of stories and photos from Exploring Montgomery!

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Pavilion Concept Drawing — For weeks after our maintenance building project was canceled, we all speculated about the fate of the east end of the C-shaped parcel. Some of us suggested to Bronner that it be utilized as additional parking space to support the Tower, but he would have none of that. He wanted […]

RSA Pavilion – The Concept

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged concept / park / pavilion / rsa

Tavern on the Green — As it turned out, the RSA Plaza building was six stories plus a basement, and enclosed some l50,000 square feet of floor area. Bronner decreed a fast food restaurant on the main floor and a suave “greenhouse glass” banquet type facility on the penthouse level. The latter was to be […]

RSA Plaza – The Concept

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged concept / peril and intrigue / plaza / rsa / tavern on the green

RSA Union and Deck — By almost any standard, the RSA Union was a huge building. It was to be nine stories high (plus basement), with floor plates of 40,000 square feet. That produces a building of 400,000 square feet of floor area. It was 25-percent larger than the ACC, which previously was the largest […]

RSA Union – The Concept

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged concept / rsa / union

The RSA Tower rises out of downtown Montgomery, but is not in the “Capitol Complex” as are all of Bronner’s other buildings. Thus, it faced no traditional height restriction, and no concern that its exterior lighting might overshadow the Capitol. It was to be Dr. Bronner’s crowning construction achievement. Because […]

RSA Tower – The Building Concept

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged concept / peril and intrigue / rsa / tower