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COURSES, WINDOWS, TRANSOMS, AND <br />CANOPFS <br />DETRACT FROM THE HORIZONTAL <br />ORGANIZATION <br />• Downtown commercial buildings have <br />a common horizontal organization in <br />the heights of storefronts, canopies, <br />etc. <br />• There is a clear difference between <br />the ground floor commercial activities <br />and the more private upper activities <br />of offices or living spaces. <br />• The horizontal bands are clearly seen <br />in the front facades of the buildings. <br />• The upper and lower walls of the two <br />part commercial building have very <br />different openings and details., <br />• In two story buildings, the horizontal <br />banding or organization conitinues <br />with the roofline, belt coursing and <br />windows. <br />• Buildings of more than two stories are <br />organized at the two story level with <br />the same horizontal elements or <br />groups of elements. <br />• These horizontal organizations need <br />to be maintained!, uninterrupted by <br />signagie, awnings, etc. <br />F:j <br />F 17, <br />---------- <br />Trip <br />HORIZONTAL ORGANIZATION <br />4P "mw Qf <br />-- - - - - - - - - <br />7 <br />17" <br />7" <br />77-7-777 T'r <br />HORIZONTAL ORGANIZATION <br />Design Standards for the City of Paris, Texas 47 <br />