Join AYON Studio for the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia’s annual awards program on June 9th. Angel Ayón, along with Peg Breen from the NY Landmarks Conservancy, Seri Worden from the National Trust, and local Architect Ian Smith, served as judges for the 2021 Preservation Achievement Awards.
Recently featured on local Philly news channel PHL17, the esteemed 28-year-old awards program selects “outstanding projects that exemplify historic preservation in our region,” said Paul Steinke, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Preservation Alliance. “By converting buildings like this to new uses, you are saving a building from just being “thrown away into a landfill.”
But keeping the building intact is only part of the story. This year’s winners include a range of historic structures that are revitalized with new purpose, such as an old parking garage at the corner of 22nd and Pine turned The Goddard School, and Huntingdon Mills, a renovation of a former industrial complex. In Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, an old elementary school is renewed as The McGuire Residence, supportive housing for struggling with opioid addiction. And in Franklintown, the historic Granary building on N. 20th Street is now The Tidewater, a new residential and retail mixed-use development.
For more information and to attend the virtual awards program, visit the Preservation Alliance’s site.