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City of South Bend and St. Joseph County Historic Preservation Guidelines 57 <br />Commercial Standards: Storefronts <br />General Guidance and Approach <br />Storefronts are the public face of a commercial building and reinforce the human scale of the District . Historic storefronts are character defining features of a building—even if not original to the building—and should be preserved. <br />If the storefront needs more than 50% replacement, a new storefront should reflect traditional storefront design with the various parts including a kickplate, large display windows, a transom and cornice. Original façade elements such as cast- iron posts should be retained and preserved . <br />Read more about historic storefront design, materials, and history here . <br />Refer also to section about Signage and Doors as a part of the overall storefront design . <br />What is Your Project? <br />Repair an Historic Storefront <br />• Historic storefronts should be <br />repaired using the same materials <br />as originally constructed . <br />• Where storefront windows are single pane glass weatherization and energy usage should be improved using internal mounted storm windows or by swapping the single pane glass with new double pane glass of the same size . <br />• Display windows should remain the same size as originally designed . <br />• Prism glass should be retained and restored . If rehabilitation is not possible as part of the project, then simply maintaining in place while covering for a later rehabilitation is recommended . <br />• Prism glass more than 50% deteriorated or in danger of falling out of the opening could be removed and stored on site for potential future reinstallation or used as a new hanging behind a new full view transom . <br />Storefronts <br />Administratively Approvable <br />Repair with the same materials and design as originally construct-ed. Replacement of single pane window glass with double pane insulated glass of the same size.