Historic Tax Credit Case Study: Park Towne Place

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1 Historic Tax Credit Case Study: Park Towne Place

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3 Presentation Outline Project Overview Site History and Design HTC Project Challenges

4 Site Project Orientation Overview West Tower North Tower The Great Lawn East Tower South Tower Towne Center N

5 Site History Site History Constructed between

6 Triangle Site History: District Urban Renewal Traces roots to Louis Kahn s 1947 design for Triangle District (area bounded by Market, Ben Franklin Pkwy, Schuylkill) Important example of post-war urban renewal and planning in Philadelphia Urban renewal led by new generation of architects, planners, civic activists with goal to transform gloomy city

7 Site History: Ed Bacon Park Towne realized under city planner, Ed Bacon Bacon helped give Philadelphia a national reputation for urban planning Park Towne - first modern housing complex for middle and upper middle class residents in Philadelphia

8 Site History New type of residential development - Modern Apartment Tower Enclave of four 18- story apartment buildings with associated amenities on a formally landscaped site

9 Landscape Design: Collins, Simonds and Simonds Design for Mellon Square, modernist garden plaza over parking garage pioneered rooftop gardens in 1950s Pittsburgh s Mellon Square; pioneered rooftop gardens in 1950s

10 Landscape Design: Collins, Simonds and Simonds

11 Design: Architect Designed by Chicago architect Milton M. Schwartz; significant figure in development of Post- WWII Chicago International style of architecture; inspired by Le Corbusier Reinforced concrete economical and permitted speed of construction Schwartz invented form allowed for building crew to pour a floor a day

12 Site History Modern streamlined design exterior and interior Designed with eye toward efficiency of space planning and construction

13 Designation: National Register Listing Listed in the National Register Significant for association with community planning and development in mid-century Philadelphia

14 Site History HTC Project Challenges

15 Pre-Rehab Aerial View c. 2010

16 Pre-Rehab: Pool

17 Pre-Rehab: Towne Center

18 Pre-Rehab: Towne Center

19 Pre-Rehab: Lounge

20 Pre-Rehab: Corridors

21 Pre-Rehab: Apartment

22 Pre-Rehab: Apartment

23 HTC Project Challenges Site Towne Center Building exteriors 1 st floor public spaces: vestibules, lobbies, lounges Upper floor corridors Apartments

24 Site Site Site circulation, loop roads, walkways Fencing, concrete block walls Great lawn atop 600-space underground parking Pool complex Signage

25 Site Concrete Block Walls Retention required Permitted to lower Before After

26 Site Signage Existing not original; not required to retain New signage required to be stylistically appropriate for site, minimal attachment to building Before After

27 Site Before After

28 Site

29 Towne Center Amenity Towne Center designed to house a restaurant and bar; evoked sense of a private club Before Lower level shopping arcade with grocery store Later façade removed; façade restored to more closely match historic appearance After

30 Towne Center Floor replacement Storefronts Grocery store walls Before After

31 Towne Center Amenity

32 Towne Center

33 Apartment Building Exteriors Tower Exteriors

34 Entrance Upgrades Before After

35 Building Interiors Hierarchy of Spaces: 1. 1 st floor public spaces 2. Upper floor corridors 3. Apartments

36 Vestibules Limited opportunity for changes Retention of vestibules required Before Terrazzo floor replacement approved as condition justified replacement After

37 Lobbies Limited opportunity for changes Retention of lobby space required In-Kind replacement of historic terrazzo floors approved Before After After

38 Lounges Before After Limited opportunity for changes Retention of lounges required Changes limited to furniture, art

39 Corridors Limited opportunity for change Retention of corridor floor plan required Preservation of mid-century character required Before After

40 Corridors After After

41 Corridor Doors Retention of midcentury aesthetic required Painting of doors approved Retention of original hardware required Before After

42 Apartments Before After More latitude for change Preservation of mid-century character required Upgrades to kitchens and baths permitted

43 Apartments Before After Upgrades to kitchens and baths permitted

44 Apartments

45 Keys to Success Qualified team Early identification of character-defining features Creative design team capable of working with historic constraints

46 Cindy Hamilton Vice President 15 W. Highland Ave. Philadelphia, PA