Well Preserved: 2014 Preservation Achievement Awards
From a fountain with seahorses to cherubs on a bus loop, Paul Cret’s Pachyderm house to Robert Smith’s St. Peter’s Church – the 27 people and projects that will be honored at this evening’s Preservation Achievement Awards represent a broad spectrum of projects across the region. These are the Philadelphia honorees the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia recognized this year:
PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY AWARDS:
- 33rd and Dauphin Loop Improvements 3250 Ridge Avenue
- The Annex at the Touraine 1516 and 1518 Spruce Street
- The Fountain of the Seahorses 640 Water Works Drive
- The John C. Haas Archive of Science and Business at Chemical Heritage Foundation 36 S. 3rd Street
- KidZooU 3400 Girard Avenue
- Nugent Senior Apartments 101-221 West Johnson Street
- Rittenhouse Plaza 1901 Walnut Street
- Rittenhouse Square Centennial Restoration Rittenhouse Square
- Saylor Grove Guard Box Restoration Lincoln & Wissahickon Drives
- St. Peter’s Church 313 Pine Street
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Union League Lincoln Ballroom 140 S. Broad Street
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
- James Biddle Award for lifetime achievement in historic preservation
- Janet S. Klein
- Public Service Award for preservation in the public interest
- Robert P. Thomas, AIA
- Rhoda and Permar Richards Award for service to the Preservation Alliance
- Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust
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John Andrew Gallery Community Action Award for achievement by community organizations
YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School for their rehabilitation of 82 homes, and their work on Cedar Grove mansion in Fairmount Park and the John Coltrane House
Holme Circle Civic Association for their coalition to restore the Holme-Crispin Cemetery
Special Recognition
- Municipal Services Building on the occasion of the building’s 50th Anniversary
- Rohm and Haas Building on the occasion of the building’s 50th Anniversary
- The Athenaeum of Philadelphia on the occasion of the organization’s 200th anniversary
AIA Philadelphia Awards:
- 2014 AIA Philadelphia Landmark Building Award: Tindley Temple
- Henry J. Magaziner EFAIA Award: Howard B. Haas
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(PlanPhilly file photo) -
It was important to the community to preserve the original cherubs -
The main path offers a view of the restored Paul Cret building, Photo courtesy of SMP Architects -
Italian Fountain -
Seahorse wing in waiting -
The site of the Nugent Senior Apartment complex on 221 W. Johnson St. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks) (Bas Slabbers) -
A detail on the rear of the Nugent building. -
The southwest entrance’s balustrade after restoration. -
The church steeple was added by architect William Strickland in 1842. -
(YouthBuild Philadelphia) -
(Theresa Stigale, EOTS Flickr Group) -
(Ashley Hahn, EOTS)
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