The fun begins!

Once we really got to check the place out, we realized the enormity of the task ahead. While the foundation and structure were sound, the interior was a total mess. We kept hoping we would be able to reuse elements from the old building, especially the fire poles - to maintain its history - but there was very little remaining from the original firehouse. The fire poles were long gone, probably sold for scrap metal and the rest of the building was in shambles.



ZUMIX Technical Director, Daniel Fox, surveyed the building to begin programmatic mapping and basic layout of our new space. In this photo I think he looks a little like a homeless man hiding out in an abandoned building, but his nice puffy jacket gives him away. Technically this project promised to be quite challenging, so I was relieved to have Dan involved from day one.



The firemen's locker room was the only room that maintained any of the original look and feel of the old firehouse. Unfortunately, the lockers were in such bad shape that we couldn't salvage them. We did keep a couple of locker doors and will try to incorporate them into the final design somehow.