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Ryan Josey A building can be a chrysalis, transforming its contents and inhabitants–and, through this, its community–as it morphs from one thing to another. The Blue Building art gallery opened to the public last week, and even from the outside one thing was imminently obvious: The new arts hub at 2482 Maynard Street (the project that houses The Blue Building, as well as Wonder’neath Art Society and Eyelevel Gallery, plus professional studio space) isn’t an old tin shell anymore, the sort of place you’d walk by and not notice. The whole building has been transformed thanks to a fresher shade of azure on its exterior–but also thanks to airy glass-paned doors, a new accessibility-informed floor plan and The Blue Building: The city’s newest commercial gallery that boasts 1,400 square feet of local, contemporary art taking up the left side of the complex�