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Hubbard Street executive director Gail Kalver says the new home, designed by the architectural firm of Harry Weese & Associates, will be “clean and functional” but not plush. What the company will gain, says Kalver, is more space than the cramped 12,500 square feet available at 218 S. Wabash, where Hubbard Street’s administrative offices and studios have been based since 1981.
When the company first moved to the Wabash address, its staff and dancers totaled 15; today the combined count is 40. Hubbard Street’s new home will include numerous amenities not available on Wabash, including air conditioning, locker rooms, an in-house costume shop, a sound room for preparing music tapes, a conference room, a lunch room, private offices for staffers, storage space for props and other equipment, and no fewer than five dance studios.
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Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): Photo of Gail Kalver by Nathan Mandell.
