Park Towne Place

Park Towne Place Apartment Homes

Park Towne Place Apartments, January 2012
Location 2200 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′40″N 75°10′39″W / 39.96111°N 75.17750°W / 39.96111; -75.17750Coordinates: 39°57′40″N 75°10′39″W / 39.96111°N 75.17750°W / 39.96111; -75.17750
Area 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1957-1959
Architect Milton Schwartz; Louis I. Kahn; Edmund Bacon;
Architectural style International style
NRHP Reference # 11000926[1]
Added to NRHP December 15, 2011

Park Towne Place Apartment Homes is a historic apartment complex located in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia. The complex consists of four eighteen-story buildings (with floors numbered one through nineteen with no thirteen), a one-story office area, an underground, flood-prone, parking garage, and a pool and spa complex (under renovation as of 2014-15). It was designed by Milton Schwartz in the International style, using reinforced concrete with limestone-tan brick, white marble, and bright aluminum trim and glass. it was constructed between 1957 and 1959. The apartment buildings are in the shape of rectangular cuboids.[2]

In 2014, Aimco selected Tryba Architects of Denver to renovate the historic apartments.Located in the Philadelphia Museum District, across from the Barnes Foundation and the Rodin Museum, the rejuvenated complex features contemporary artwork from prominent local and national artists both purchased and specially commissioned for the project and inclusion in the Aimco Permanent Collection.

Park Towne Place was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011, and receives a significant tax abatement as a consequence.[1]

The four towers of Park Towne Place, viewed from the southeast. From left to right are the South, West, North, and East buildings. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is partially visible between the South and West buildings.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/12/11 through 12/16/11. National Park Service. 2011-12-23.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George E. Thomas (April 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Park Towne Place" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-22.


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