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JAZZ LOUNGE & STRINGS SHOP
Mass. St. Lawrence, KS
Thom Allen, Fall 208
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Located in Lawrence, Kansas, Nighthawks Jazz Lounge and Strings Shop sits on Massachusetts Street between 8th and 9th.
Previously an alley between the Antique Mall and Jock’s Nitch Sporting Goods, the main floor hosting the daytime bistro adjacent to the parklet for ease of service.
The upstairs acts as the strings shop, with the main luthier’s studio connected at the back. Downstairs holds the jazzy speakeasy, with a supplementary woodshop for the luthier.
A narrow cutout through the floor on the north side takes advantage of the southern angle of the sun’s path and injects a ray of light against the back wall of the lower performance space.
The lower story stage is arranged so groups are able to look at each other during improvisation, which is typical in the Kansas City style.
Woven along the beams and potted roadside is a low maintenance garden of plants. While making the space more inviting and attractive, they also act as a carbon sink, as they can sequester the carbon that is left behind by cars, improving outdoor air quality.
