Google aims to salvage the Art Moderne-style entrance of the old bakery building and deploy it
Google aims to salvage the Art Moderne-style entrance of the old bakery building and deploy it permanently somewhere else in the transit village project. The front half of the one-time bakery has been hollowed out on the inside with portions of walls and the roof already removed. The shuttered Patty’s Inn, a long-time watering hole at 102 South Montgomery St., is expected to be completely bulldozed. The former Hellwig Iron Works building, constructed sometime around 1935 at 150 South Montgomery Street, is slated to be reused, although some additions could be made to the structure. After the ironworks company closed its doors, Navlet’s Florists and a Taiko performance studio also operated in the distinctive brick building. It’s likely that the Hellwig Ironworks could be expanded as part of the building’s reuse, according to documents on file with city officials. “One or more additions and adaptive reuse of the building to accommodate new arts and cultural uses” are envisione...