10 | Adaptive Reuse in Wilmington, NC / March 24, 2014 by keihly moore Put sidewalk dining, art and a new business on it!by Allen Davis View fullsize Before: This building is just one example of a good adaptive reuse potential. (It's currently state-owned for a future transit center.) But it could be other things too... View fullsize After: Put sidewalk dining, public art, and new business on the street.This concept for encouraging the adaptive reuse of older buildings by permitting breweries in certain parts of Wilmington, NC was submitted by Allen Davis, an urban designer for Wilmington.