Preservation Achievement Awards Luncheon

The Alliance's Preservation Achievement Awards luncheon, celebrated every May, Preservation Month, is an annual celebration of the individuals, organizations, businesses and projects that exemplify outstanding achievement in the field of historic preservation throughout the region. The annual luncheon, attended by 600, is the largest gathering of preservationists in the Philadelphia area. 

The 2013 Awards Luncheon, which marked the 20th anniversary of the preservation awards was held on Wednesday, May 15 in the historic Crystal Tea Room in the Wanamaker Building at 13th & Market Streets.

Listed as Project name, location, owner, project team participants)

Angle Smithery Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Kitty Hawk Avenue and S. 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA
Urban Outfitters
Bala Consulting Engineers; Blue Rock Construction, Inc.; Creative Architectural Metals; EDA Contractors, Inc.; Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, LTD; Powers & Company, Inc.

Awbury Arboretum GIS Tree Mapping Project
1 Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA
Awbury Arboretum
Levy DiCarlo Partners, LLC; Temple University, Department of Geography and Urban Studies; Mark Sellers

Cabrini College Mansion
610 King of Prussia Rd, Radnor, PA

Cabrini College
Dan Lepore & Sons Company; GSM Roofing; Hunt Engineering Company; KSK Architects Planners Historians, Inc.; Paul Risk Associates, Inc.

Frick's Lock Village    (pictured)
East Coventry Township, Chester County
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Frens and Frens, LLC; Lorenzon Brothers Company

Kimpton Hotel Monaco    (pictured)
433 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants
Alderson Engineering; G Plus Design; Gensler; Heritage Consulting Group; INTECH Construction, Inc.; Langan Engineering; Mark Zeff; O'Donnell and Naccarato, Inc.; TAL Studio; Wiss Janney Elstner Associates

Overbrook School for the Blind Roof Restoration  (pictured)
6333 Malvern Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Overbrook School for the Blind
AC Gentry; Complete Scaffold Inc; Mike Byrne Painting, Inc.; Russell Roofing; Shelby Mechanical Inc.

PennDOT District 6-0 Bridge Rehabilitation
Various bridges in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties
PennDOT District 6-0
Blooming Glen Contractors; J. D. Eckman Inc.; James J. Anderson Construction Co., Inc.; Materials Conservation Co., LLC; Nancy Smith Co. Inc.; Traffic Planning and Design, Inc.; TranSystems

Pennsylvania State Office Building
1400 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA
Tower Investments, Inc.
Accelerated Construction Company; Advanced Engineering, Inc.; Powers & Company, Inc.

Robert Morris Building
1701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
1701 Partners, LP
806 Capital, Bala Consulting Engineers; Federal Capital Partners; INTECH Construction, Inc.; Joseph B. Callaghan, Inc.; Powers & Company, Inc.; Studio Agoos Lovera; TPSi

Rodin Museum    (pictured)
21st St. & Ben Franklin Pkwy. Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Crescent Design; CVM; Dan Lepore & Sons Company; Ducibella Venter & Santore; L.F.  Driscoll Company, LLC; Landmark Facilities Group; Materials Conservation Co., LLC; OLIN; Philadelphia Museum of Art Conservation Staff; VITETTA

Sacred Heart Oratory Bell Tower
917 N. Madison Street, Wilmington, DE 
Ministry of Caring
Caldwell Heckles and Egan, Inc.; John Milner Architects, Inc.; Larsen & Landis

Sakura Centennial Pavilions   
100 N. Horticultural Drive, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Parks and Recreation
City of Philadelphia Department of Public Property - Capital Program Division – Fairmount Park; Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust; Friends of the Japanese House and Garden; Hanson General Contracting, Inc.; John Milner Architects, Inc.; Materials Conservation Co., LLC; O'Brien Roofing; Pannulla Construction Company, Inc.

St. Mark's Church Lady Chapel
1625 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA
St. Mark's Church
Cobra Electric; Crowell Design, Inc.; Gredell & Associates; John Milner Architects, Inc.; John Reynolds Contracting; Levine & Company, Inc.; Materials Conservation Co., LLC

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
301 Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA
National Park Service
Perez, APC; Wu & Associates, Inc.

United States Custom House
200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
U. S. General Services Administration - Region 3
Berlin Steel; Carotenuto Brown, LLC; Dan Lepore & Sons Company; Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.; Grenald Waldron Associates; Grunley Construction Company, Inc.; Thornton Tomasetti; TranSystems; Universal Builders Supply, Inc.; URS Corporation

Woodmere Art Museum’s Founder’s Gallery
9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Woodmere Art Museum
Colorsmith Stained Glass; Danner Windows; David Gramm; Grenald Waldron Associates; John Wissinger, Inc.; Mohr Painting; Stahl Electric; Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, LLC

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS

James Biddle Award   For lifetime achievement in historic preservation
John Andrew Gallery

Public Service Award   For preservation in the public interest
Preservation Pennsylvania

Rhoda and Permar Richards Award   For service to the Preservation Alliance
Marian A. Kornilowicz

Board of Directors Award   For exceptional contributions to historic preservation
The Union League of Philadelphia

Community Action Awards   For achievement by community organizations
Friends of the Wissahickon For efforts to restore historical structures and trails throughout the park and their continued stewardship of the Valley Green Inn.

Nicetown Community Development Corporation  For successful advocacy for restoration of the Wayne Junction Train Station and support of the Wayne Junction National Register Historic District.

Special 50th Anniversary Recognition
Society Hill Towers

AIA Awards
2013 AIA Philadelphia Landmark Building Award
Hale Building (Keystone National Bank), 1326 Chestnut Street  1887/1890 Willis Hale, AIA, Architect

The Henry J. Magaziner EFAIA Award
PennPraxis and PlanPhilly

2013 SPONSORS    As of March 29, 2013
Alabaster
1701 Partners, LP and 1616 Walnut, LP
INTECH Construction, Inc.
Joseph Dugan, Inc.
PMC Property Group
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Powell, Trachtman, Logan, Carrle & Lombardo, P.C.

Marble
AMC Delancey Group, Inc./Cast Iron Building
The Bancorp
CVM Construction Managers, Inc.
Dan Lepore & Sons Company

Firstrust Bank
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Granite
AIA Philadelphia
Alterra Property Group, LLC
Beneficial Bank
BLT Architects
Blue Rock Construction, Inc.
Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC
Eastern State Penitentiary
Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust
Henry "Jeb" Hart
JKR Partners LLC
John Milner Architects, Inc.
Keast & Hood Co.
Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP
Land Services USA, Inc.
Materials Conservation Co., LLC
Philadelphia Parks and Recreation
Saul Ewing LLP
Selzer Company
TranSystems

2013 Award Nomination Form and Guidelines  (NOMINATIONS NOW CLOSED)

PAST AWARDS

2012

Invitation
Program Book
Photo Gallery

2011
Program Book