This could be done by lowering the floor to street level and modifying stairway areas without changing the external appearance of the building particularly in its blocky ground floor .
The building is characteristic of government buildings of the 1920s .
This could be done by lowering the floor to street level and modifying stairway areas without changing the external appearance of the building , which is characteristic of government buildings of the 1920s , particularly in its blocky ground floor .