This week, The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC), in conjunction with the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association (NLNA), unveiled the completion of the Spring Garden Connector Project. Spring Garden Street between Delaware Avenue and 2nd Street used to be an uninviting, dimly-lit tunnel below an I-95 overpass and an elevated SEPTA train station. SEPTA bus stops…
St. Johns Town Center in Florida, Springfield Town Center Virginia, and Fayette Mall in Kentucky were the three TLP projects that were honored. Springfield Town Center The new owners of Springfield Town Center decided to upgrade and reposition the mall’s 700,000 GLA as a fashion destination for an upscale demographic. The work includes redesigned concourses…
The Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) was recently presented its first award by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA). The temple was honored with the inaugural Trumbauer Award for Excellence in the category of Contemporary Classicism in Commercial / Institutional / Civic. The ICAA announced…
The dark, 270-foot street between 111 and 115 Broadway will soon be a dynamic new public amenity in New York City. In this prime location near the World Trade Center Memorial, Trinity Church and Wall Street, the plan is to transform Thames Street into a marketplace with new places for visitors to shop and eat.…
At its recent 2016 Design Awards Gala, AIA Philadelphia honored the spectacular transformation of the historical Temple-Tifereth Israel into the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at Case Western University. MGA Partners received AIA Philadelphia’s Honor Award: Built (Preservation) for its extraordinary transformation of the building. The design team, led by MGA Partners, redesigned the…
Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania is currently undergoing numerous transportation improvement projects intended to rebuild the entire interstate over time. Led by The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), these projects will reconstruct, widen and improve about eight miles of I-95 between I-676 and Cottman Avenue north of Center City Philadelphia over the next decade. A number…
Wawa Inc. is more than doubling the size of its headquarters complex in Chester Heights, PA. The existing space will undergo renovations, and the addition will include a test kitchen, innovation-and-design center, and additional parking. The 200,000-square-foot expansion, designed by JacobsWyper Architects, surrounds Wawa’s iconic gray stone house called Red Roof. One of the primary…
When Philadelphia’s Franklin Mills opened in 1989, it was the world’s largest outlet mall. Today, the mall is undergoing a major face lift to revitalize and refresh the space. Beginning with a formal name change to Philadelphia Mills, the mall will receive new entrances, skylights, parking lots and landscaping in addition to new dining areas, upgraded…
The 2016 Democratic National Convention was a historic week for the City of Philadelphia. To illustrate the patriotic ambiance of the city, The Lighting Practice cast numerous major buildings and landmarks in spectacular yet dignified light shows. At Amtrak’s 30th Street Station, the programmable color-changing LED system swept stars and patriotic colors across the station’s…
Last month, Philadelphia’s iconic LOVE Park entered the second phase of its major renovation that will soon give visitors a more vibrant and engaging experience. The city can expect the redesigned public space to incorporate more greenery and new pops of color among several additions, and the fountain that frames the famous LOVE Sculpture will…