DOWNING-GROSS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER

The Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center is a project about Neighborhood Rejuvenation. PMA worked closely with a City Council appointed task force to develop a compelling renovation and active-reuse for this abandoned 1917 high school in the southeast community of Newport News. The project created a 276-seat performance theatre, a banquet facility, and a series of public meeting rooms along with the Office of Human Affairs, the Anderson Johnson Gallery, a changing exhibit gallery, and spaces for art and dance.