T HE PRESERVA T ION ALLIANCE ’ S TWENTIETH ANNUAL PRESERVATION ACHIEVEMENT 20AWARDS M AY 2013 The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia TWENTIETH ANNUAL The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia actively PRESERVATION promotes the appreciation, protection, and appropriate use and development of the Philadelphia region’s historic buildings, ACHIEVEMENT communities and landscapes. 20AWARDS W Board of Directors Staff Grand Jury Awards Panel Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Officers Caroline E. Boyce, CAE Karen Arnold Keystone Grant Preservation Specialist, Marian A. Kornilowicz, Esq. Executive Director Grant Programs and Planning CRYSTAL TEA ROOM, THE WANAMAKER BUILDING Chair Patrick Hauck Pennsylvania Historical and Museum 100 E. Penn Square | Philadelphia, PA Sally Elk Director of Neighborhood Commission Vice Chair Preservation Programs Randall Baron Barbara J. Kaplan Melissa Jest Assistant Historic Preservation Officer Secretary Neighborhood Preservation Philadelphia Historical Commission Program Coordinator Joseph P. Charles Walter Gallas Treasurer Holly Keefe Director, Northeast Field Office Director of Membership National Trust for Historic Preservation Directors Development Robert J. Hotes, AIA, LEED, AP Leonidas Addimando Benjamin Leech Preservation Committee Co-Chair Lisa J. Armstrong, AIA, LEED AP, Director of Advocacy AIA Philadelphia NCARB Amy E. McCollum Janet Klein Kenneth P. Balin Special Projects Consultant Former Chair Suzanna E. Barucco Pennsylvania Historical and Museum John G. Carr Commission Special Recognition Awards 2 AIA Philadelphia Awards 14 Cheryl L. Gaston, Esq. Richard I. Ortega, PE, AIA, FAPT James Biddle Award AIA Landmark Building Award Prema Gupta Principal Public Service Award Henry J. Magaziner, EFAIA Award Melanie Kasper Rodbart, PE Heritage Design Collaborative/Ortega of the Historic Preservation Consulting Rhoda and Permar Richards Award Randall F. Mason, PhD Committee of AIA Philadelphia Board of Directors Award Andrew Palewski Lori Salganicoff Community Action Awards Easement Donor Recognition 15 Robert Powers Director of Planning and Development Wynnefield Overbrook Revitalization Special 50th Anniversary Recognition 20th Anniversary Review 16 Martin Jay Rosenblum, AIA Corporation Harry Schwartz, Esq. Paul Steinke Grand Jury Awards 6 Luncheon Sponsors 20 Paul Steinke General Manager Thomas J. Sugrue Reading Terminal Market Corporation Fon S. Wang, AIA LEED AP The Preservation Alliance’s board of directors honors individuals and organizations who have SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS made significant contributions to historic preservation with its Special Recognition Awards. THE JAMES BIDDLE Award PUBLIC SERVICE Award RHODA AND PERMAR RICHARDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARD For lifetime achievement in historic preservation For preservation in the public interest AWARD For exceptional contributions to historic preservation For service to the Preservation Alliance JOHN ANDREW GALLERY PRESERVA T ION PENNSYLVANIA After a decade leading the Preservation Alliance as execu- In 2012, sixteen years of persistent advocacy efforts MARIAN A. KORNILOWICZ, ESQ . THE UNION LEA gu E OF PHILADEL P HIA tive director, John Andrew Gallery retired at the end of 2012. were rewarded when Pennsylvania became the 30th state A partner in the law firm of Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall The Union League of Philadelphia was established as A Boston native, Gallery graduated from Harvard College to establish a state-level historic preservation tax credit. & Furman, Marian Kornilowicz has served on the Preservation a patriotic society in 1862 to support President Abraham and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His Preservation Pennsylvania played the lead role in this long Alliance’s Board of Directors since 2004. He was elected Lincoln and the North’s efforts to preserve the Union after Philadelphia career began as a staff planner in Ed Bacon’s and hard-fought campaign. They convened and led a Chairman of the Board for three consecutive terms from 2006 the outbreak of the Civil War. Its Second Empire style head- Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1964 to 1968. statewide coalition to make this happen. The Preservation to 2008, and was reelected in 2012 to lead the organization’s quarters at Broad and Sansom Streets was designed by After four years at the University of Texas, where he served Alliance for Greater Philadelphia was an active member of succession planning efforts and leadership transition period. architect John Fraser and completed in 1865. A Renaissance as acting dean of the School of Architecture and chairman of that coalition, and our own Harry Schwartz was influential in After overseeing a successful nationwide search for a new Revival annex was completed in 1911 by club member its Department of Community and Regional Planning, Gallery the drafting of the legislation. executive director, Kornilowicz will step down from the board Horace Trumbauer. returned to Philadelphia in 1976 to create the City’s Office of Efforts to establish a state tax credit began in 1996 this month as the longest-tenured Chairman in the organiza- The Union League remains the preeminent social club in Housing and Community Development under Mayor Frank with a bill introduced by former State Representative Tom tion’s history. the city today, and has proven to be an exceptional steward Rizzo. In 1980, he cofounded the economic development Tangretti and were redoubled after current State Senator His leadership on the board has been indispensible to the of its landmark buildings. A comprehensive exterior restora- consulting firm Urban Partners to support the planning and Lloyd Smucker reintroduced similar legislation in 2011. organization, most recently by taking a lead role in negotia- tion campaign completed in 2006 included the reconstruc- implementation of socially-oriented historic preservation and Preservation Pennsylvania’s advocacy efforts propelled tions to settle an Alliance appeal of a Philadelphia Historical tion of the Broad Street building’s character-defining tower real estate development projects. the bill through the Senate and into the House, where a Commission decision allowing the demolition of properties cupola and iron roof cresting. In 2012, the Union League Gallery was a founding board member and later president of companion bill was introduced by Representative Robert claimed to be necessary in the public interest. Kornilowicz opened the Sir John Templeton Heritage Center to allow the nonprofit Philadelphia Historic Preservation Corporation, a Freeman. Despite a challenging political environment, the has also been an active member of the Alliance’s Easements greater public access to the club and its extensive archives. predecessor organization of the Preservation Alliance. In 2002 legislation was successfully incorporated into a tax reform Committee. Located on the ground floor of the Broad Street building, he joined the Alliance as executive director, leading the organi- bill as the Historic Preservation Incentive Act and signed into Kornilowicz has taught Law and Human Rights at Rowan the Heritage Center houses permanent and rotating exhibi- zation to a position of local and national prominence. Recipient law by Governor Corbett on July 2, 2012. The new program University in New Jersey and lectured paralegals on residen- tion galleries, archival and collections and a 3,000-title Civil of the Henry Jordan Award for Excellence in Local Preservation will go into effect in July 2013 and will provide a 25% state tial real estate law. He is the Chair of the Business Practice War library. Currently on display is the exhibit Philadelphia Leadership from Preservation Pennsylvania, the John H. tax credit to qualified rehabilitation projects. Group for Cohen Seglias, and in addition to his service to the 1893: Turning the Tide, commemorating the 100th anniver- Chafee Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement in Established by the Commonwealth’s General Assembly in Preservation Alliance, serves on the boards of the Kosciuszko sary of a pivotal year in the course of the Civil War. Public Policy from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1982 as the Preservation Fund of Pennsylvania, Preservation Foundation and the Jagiellonian Law Society. and the Philadelphia Committee on City Policy Leadership Pennsylvania has evolved into a private, nonprofit mem- Award, Gallery is also an accomplished author. His Philadelphia bership organization with a statewide mission to protect Architecture: A Guide to the City is Philadelphia’s authorita- and preserve Pennsylvania’s irreplaceable historic places. tive architectural guidebook. He also authored The Planning Preservation Pennsylvania is led by Executive Director of Center City Philadelphia: From William Penn to the Present, Melinda Crawford and staff members are Jennifer Horn, Sacred Sites of Center City, and co-authored Man-Made Erin Hammerstedt and Carol Bostian. A. Roy Smith serves as Philadelphia. Chairman of the Board of Directors. 2 3 SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS COMMUNITY ACTION AWARD COMMUNITY ACTION AWARD SPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY RECOGNITION For achievement by community organizations For achievement by community organizations FRIENDS OF T HE WISSAHIC KON NICE T OWN CO mmu NI T Y DEVELO pm EN T For efforts to restore historical structures and trails throughout COR P ORA T ION the park and continued stewardship of the Valley Green Inn. For successful advocacy for restoration of the Wayne Junction Train Station and support