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Author: Matteo Robiglio

Excerpt from the book RE-USA: 20 American Stories of Adaptive Reuse

Project: Bakery Square (renewal of the Nabisco factory)

Place: Pittsburgh, USA

Photography: Matteo Robiglio

From Biscuits to Bits at Bakery Square

The National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) factory on Penn Avenue, built in 1918, was part of a nationwide expansion plan. In-house architect Albert G. Zimmermann designed the new seven-story plant in compliance with the company’s values of style and worker dignity. Its large windows for natural lightning, showers and locker rooms for employees, and fireproof stairways made it a point of reference even before construction – it was already written about in 1912 and 1916. Other bakeries opened around Nabisco along and near Penn Avenue in the 1920s and 30s.

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Author: Matteo Robiglio

Excerpt from the book RE-USA: 20 American Stories of Adaptive Reuse

Project: Bakery Square (renewal of the Nabisco factory)

Place: Pittsburgh, USA

Photography: Matteo Robiglio

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