PRESERVATION MATTERS

The newsletter of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

Advocacy Successes and Struggles Message From The executive director:

The following is a brief summary of some of the would be a sad conclusion to the long struggle to In early August, months of effort by Toll Advocacy is the common thread that runs most important advocacy struggles and successes preserve the Naval Home when a fire damaged Brothers’ staff and consultants—and by the staffs through all of the Preservation Alliance’s as of early August. Biddle Hall, the principal historic building on the of city, state, and federal historic agencies— activities. The most common form of advocacy Moving Towards site (see our Spring 2003 newsletter). But fortu- resulted in the presentation of plans to the might be called “reactive”: a property owner, nately, the fire that damaged much of the roof Philadelphia Historical Commission for approval. public agency, or some other circumstance Successful Conclusion also lit a fire under both the City and the The plan for the overall site follows the one causes a historic resource to be threatened and (We Hope!) property owner, Toll Brothers. At the urging of approved in 1999 with some positive changes. the Alliance reacts by raising concerns, building the Alliance, the City filed a court action to Rather than a rental housing development, Toll public awareness, and trying to preserve and U.S. Naval Home ensure the proper reconstruction of the roof. At Brothers has decided to take advantage of the protect whatever resource is affected. Another the same time, Toll Brothers also became more strong housing and condominium sales market form of advocacy can be called “proactive.” Few properties have been of greater concern to serious, deciding that the time was ripe to restore in Center City Philadelphia and switch to an the preservation community in Philadelphia than This means taking steps in advance to build Biddle Hall and begin development of the site. entirely homeownership approach. This has an awareness of and programs of support the National Historic Landmark U.S. Naval resulted in a reduction of the total number of Home. In February 2003, it seemed that there for preservation issues before they reach a units on the site from 1,200 to what will probably crisis state. be about 800. Biddle Hall will be restored for 66 residential units in the first phase of construc- During the past year, the Alliance has been tion, expected to begin in the spring of 2004 if all actively involved in a wide range of both historic reviews continue to move on schedule. reactive and proactive advocacy, primarily in the city of Philadelphia. Many of these efforts focus After many years of uncertainty, the preservation on individual buildings, while others focus on of the U.S. Naval Home is almost a reality. policies and programs to assist preservation in the future. Fortunately, many of the individual Boyd Theater buildings we have been concerned about seem Although no public announcement has been to be moving towards very positive conclusions. made, the Goldenberg Group, owner of the This issue of Preservation Matters highlights historic Art Deco Boyd Theater (see our Fall 2002 these hopeful successes while also reviewing the newsletter), has shared its proposed plans for the status of situations still unresolved. theater with the Alliance and the Friends of the Boyd Inc. Happily, the plans propose a full The Alliance is not the only organization that restoration of the historic theater for use as an advocates for historic preservation in entertainment center focusing on live musical Philadelphia. We are fortunate that other productions with opportunities for film non-profit organizations have taken leadership programs. The Goldenberg Group has secured for key historic resources including religious an operating partner for the project, but some properties and the collection of historic financing still needs to be put in place to make properties in Fairmount Park. This issue of the newsletter highlights the work of a few other Naval Home site plan/Toll Brothers continued on page 2 organizations as well, in recognition of the important role others play in helping us pre- serve the extraordinary heritagecontinued of on Philadelphia. page 2 John Andrew Gallery FAIRMOUNT PARK HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST Executive Director CELEBRATES 10 YEARS By Matthew Rader and John Carr

Although best known for its grass and trees, demolition, the victim of declining city funding CANDIDATES FOR Fairmount Park contains about 200 historic and inappropriate use. Today, as the home of the structures ranging from the well-known Park Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, its future MAYOR RESPOND Houses to lesser-known barns and houses. looks bright. TO ALLIANCE Preservation of these historic resources is as critical as preserving the park itself. The resources the Trust undertook to manage a QUESTIONS decade ago are rich and varied. When For 10 years, the Fairmount Park Historic Pennsylvania’s legislators created Fairmount Park Preservation Trust has been responsible for some in 1867 to preserve Philadelphia’s water supply, of the key historic properties in the park. On they also preserved one of the most remarkable Mayor John F. Street, Democratic June 5, the Trust celebrated this milestone with a collections of historic buildings in the nation. candidate for Mayor, and Sam Katz, major event at Rockland Mansion in East From high-style riverfront villas like Rockland Republican candidate, responded to Fairmount Park. The venue itself, one of the to vernacular barns, the Park’s more than 400 questions from the Alliance regarding their city’s most handsome Federal villas, stands as a historic buildings document Philadelphia’s views on historic preservation. testament to the positive impact the Trust has architectural evolution from the 17th to the See inside, page 5, and full had on Fairmount Park’s cultural resources. A 20th centuries. responses on our web site decade ago, Rockland faced almost certain Restoration in progress at the Sheys Barn, a project funded by the continued on page 3 www.preservationalliance.com William B. Dietrich Foundation.

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Advocacy Successes and Struggles continued from page 1 the project feasible. Through the initiative of Preservation Coalition, and the current state of the Goldenberg Group and the City adminis- conservation districts in other cities. This effort tration, the theater was listed as an eligible has led to a revised proposal for the creation of project for funding from the state. Mayor Neighborhood Conservation Districts. With Street’s administration, the Alliance, and the the assistance of the Community Design Friends of the Boyd, as well as many others Collaborative, the proposal will be reviewed including the National Trust, have urged with representatives of neighborhoods that Governor Rendell to appropriate funds for the might be appropriate for such designation with project. A significant appropriation from the the expectation that Councilman DiCicco may state could complete the financing and ensure introduce a modified bill this fall. that restoration of the theater will move forward. This would be an extraordinary Victory Building accomplishment, especially for the Friends Although the Victory Building has not been a of the Boyd, which has led the grassroots focus of the Alliance’s advocacy efforts in the advocacy for preservation of the theater. past year, it has been a long-standing concern of the preservation community. Here again, Neighborhood Transformation there is good news. Recently, work has begun Initiative on the interior of the Annex, adjacent to the In our Fall 2003 newsletter, we highlighted the Victory Building, and in August, the Historical historic preservation issues raised by the City’s Commission approved plans for the restora- Neighborhood Transformation Initiative tion of the first floor storefront. In addition, (NTI), and particularly our concern that NTI the interior of the Victory Building itself is would result in the demolition of many being cleaned out in anticipation of historic residential properties. Since that time, rehabilitation. Both buildings will be used by Jefferson University. we have continued our dialogue with the City Proposed Fairmount Waterworks addition. agencies responsible for NTI with some success. Patricia L. Smith, director of the NTI Still Struggling appealed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to This case is significant for two reasons. First, program, was immediately responsive to the Fairmount Waterworks the Department of Licenses and Inspections most obviously, because demolition of the historic preservation concerns and began to Board of Review, which overturned the church will result in the loss of an important In April, the Fairmount Park Commission look for ways to include historic preservation designation. The City will appeal that decision historic property and community landmark to reviewed a proposal for an addition to the in the decision-making process for property to Common Pleas Court. The Archdiocese is be replaced, most likely, by a drug store or fast Engine House at the Fairmount Waterworks, a demolition. In addition, she and Maxine closing the church and wishes to be able to food chain. But secondly, because a ruling National Historic Landmark and one of the Griffith, executive director of the City Planning remove religious elements from the building against the City could undermine the most beloved historic properties in Commission, took advantage of the interest of before offering it for sale, including all of the Historical Commission’s ability to require Philadelphia. The addition is intended to pro- the National Trust for Historic Preservation in distinctive exterior murals. property owners to submit complete economic vide additional seating for a restaurant, which this issue by submitting and receiving approval hardship applications before consideration by is proposed to be located in the Engine House. for a National Trust Preservation Development the Commission. Although the Alliance recognizes that a restau- Patterson Memorial Presbyterian Initiative grant specifically to examine the rela- rant would enhance the Waterworks complex, Church (Church of Christ) tionship between historic preservation and the we questioned both the need for an addition, The Lazaretto NTI program. Patterson Memorial Presbyterian Church, as well as the proposed design. To gauge public designed by the noted architect T.P. Chandler In spite a commitment of state funds and the strong interest of both township and county The Preservation Development Initiative (PDI) opinion on this matter, the Alliance posted an continues to languish in a similar state to Our governments, progress on the preservation grant, in which the Alliance is a participant, illustration of the proposed “greenhouse” Lady of Loreto. The Historical Commission of the historic Lazaretto in Delaware County presents a significant opportunity to examine addition on our web site (www.preservational- denied the church’s application for a has bogged down. While originally coopera- and influence NTI policies as they affect liance.com) and asked for comments. We demolition permit for the handsome tive with a feasibility study to be managed by historic properties and neighborhoods. received many responses expressing opposition Romanesque-style church. The congregation the Alliance, more recently the property Although the study process under the grant to the proposed design and location. appealed the Historical Commission’s actions owner has refused to participate in the has not yet begun, the City has already reached to Common Pleas Court, claiming that the After much debate but with no action, the Park process leaving the fate of this nationally out to the Alliance to participate in decisions Commission had not acted on the Church’s Commission allowed the plans to be submitted significant building uncertain. regarding historic properties in two NTI economic hardship application in the proper to the Philadelphia Historical Commission for targeted areas. Jay McCalla, Deputy Managing period of time. The Court found in favor of review. At the August meeting of the Director in charge of day-to-day NTI opera- the church and instructed the City to issue a Commission’s Architectural Review tions, has asked the Alliance to assist in demolition permit. The City, however, has Committee, the proposed restaurant operator evaluating historic properties in the Cecil B. appealed that ruling. requested a continuance in order to allow for Moore area of North Philadelphia and discussion of alternative locations and designs Strawberry Mansion. This is a first step toward with an ad hoc committee appointed by the the larger examination of policies and proce- Historical Commission, of which the Alliance dures that will be conducted with the National is a member. The Alliance remains concerned Trust as part of the PDI grant. As part of the not only with the issue of location and design, PDI process, the National Trust hopes to create but whether or not any addition is needed at a revolving loan fund for historic preservation all. It is anticipated that the Historical in Philadelphia. Commission and the Park Commission will review the proposal further in September. Any Conservation Districts proposed alterations to the Engine House In 2002, Councilman Frank DiCicco would also have to be approved by the Art introduced a bill to create Residential Commission and by the Pennsylvania Preservation and Rehabilitation Overlay Historical and Museum Commission, which Districts (R-PROD). The underlying objective holds a covenant on the property as a result of of the bill is to create a procedure to establish previous grants. design guidelines for neighborhoods that have a distinctive housing character, but do not Our Lady of Loreto Church qualify for designation as a historic district. Our Lady of Loreto, a distinctive Catholic Councilman DiCicco encouraged the Alliance, church named after the patron saint of pilots, working with the Community Design was nominated for historic designation by Collaborative of AIA Philadelphia, to make residents of the Southwest Philadelphia suggestions for modifications to the bill. With community in which it is located. The Alliance the assistance of preservation planning consul- supported the nomination because of the tant Lori Salganicoff, the Alliance reviewed distinctive character of the church and its earlier work on a proposal for conservation history (see our Spring 2003 newsletter). The districts developed by its predecessor, the designation by the Historical Commission was

Patterson Memorial Presbyterian Church. Photo by Philadelphia Historical Commission 2 fall 2003 Preservation Advocacy

PILOT PROGRAM HELPS RELIGIOUS PROPERTIES by Tuomi Forrest

In times of crisis, people often seek out their has taken place, and institutions such as the Chapter of the American Institute of church or synagogue for help and guidance. Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) Architects—will help plan and administer the But when congregations need help, especially and Northwest Interfaith Movement are avail- volunteer services of architects and other with maintaining and preserving their historic able to collaborate with Partners. design professionals in its network for congre- buildings, where do they turn? New Dollars/ gations participating in the program. New Partners – Philadelphia, a pilot program The training consists of four full-day modules created by Partners for Sacred Places, is helping covering topics such as assessing capital repair Partners’ co-director A. Robert Jaeger to answer that question with training and needs and working with outside contractors, anticipates that by the end of the program, resources designed to help older sacred places matching a building’s spaces with the needs of 10 of these congregations will “have begun in the city remain strong and vital. the community, and undertaking a capital to broaden their base of support for both fundraising campaign. Several of Partners’ buildings and outreach programs.” The two-year local program, funded by the publication resources–such as the Guide to William Penn Foundation, is a variation of the Capital Campaigns and Your Sacred Place is a For a congregation to fully benefit from the national New Dollars/New Partners program Community Asset: A Tool Kit to Attract New program, it should have a clear, up-to-date offered by Partners throughout the country. Resources and Partners—serve as texts for the mission statement, clergy and lay leadership The Philadelphia program trains congregations training modules. should be united and energized in their vision to see their buildings as assets and find new for the use of their building(s), and an funding and new partners to help preserve In all, 22 congregations from the two neigh- assessment of the building’s repair and their sacred places as centers of community borhoods are participating in the training, and renovation needs should exist. To help fill in services. The program also provides seed grants each has formed a team of clergy and lay the gaps, Partners is providing seed money to to help congregations position themselves to leaders to undertake the yearlong training participating congregations. “If a congregation put these new skills to good use. process. Two training modules have taken place needs a building condition assessment, the so far, and Partners has begun to administer money can be used for that. If they need a Initially, the Philadelphia program is focusing the seed grant program and match congrega- consultant to help them create a vision on two areas of the city: West Philadelphia and tions with architects and other professionals, as statement or a strategic plan, we can help Northwest Philadelphia, where strong institu- well as providing contacts and supplementary them do that, as well,” says co-director Diane The congregation of Polite Baptist Church (Germantown) is participating tions are already working to build community. training through other organizations such as Cohen. “That makes the Philadelphia program in the New Dollars/New Partners program. In West Philadelphia, the University of the Germantown Historical Society. very powerful.” Pennsylvania’s Center for Community Partnerships works with congregations in the With a grant from the William Penn (For more information, call Partners for Sacred neighborhood. In Northwest Philadelphia, Foundation, the Community Design Places at 215-567-3234.) considerable community development activity Collaborative—a program of the Philadelphia

Fairmount Park continued from page 1

Since the beginning, city officials have struggled established a procedure for long-term leasing Working with potential lessees, the Trust to manage and find appropriate uses for the of historic Park buildings. Introduced by then quickly learned the challenges that organiza- Park’s historic buildings. Over the years, they’ve Council President John F. Street, Ordinance tions face in managing historic buildings. The served as house museums, ice cream parlors, 505 stated that reuses should support the Park’s Trust responded by creating the Architectural police stations, libraries, and indoor swimming mission by preserving significant buildings Conservation Program, which provides pools. By the mid-1980s, the Park’s historic and providing new, complementary uses for professional preservation expertise and services buildings faced a crisis as funding dwindled public benefit. to long-term lessees and other stewardship and vacancy increased. Arsons in the 1970s and organizations. 1980s destroyed some buildings and fueled The Trust’s first leases, with Historic growing concern among city officials and the RittenhouseTown, Inc., and the Boarders and To educate the public and professionals about public about historic preservation in the Park. Stewards of the Monastery, continued existing sound preservation practice, Trust staff present uses while providing the stability needed for lectures and tours of the Park’s historic In 1987, the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, fundraising and long-range planning efforts. resources and work with volunteers on the William Penn Foundation, and the Pew Additional leases matched organizations to preservation projects. Through partnerships Charitable Trusts responded by commissioning underutilized historic buildings, including the with the University of Pennsylvania and Bucks two studies designed to analyze the significance School District of Philadelphia at Fox Chase County Community College, the Trust provides and reuse potential of 10 historic Park build- Farm, the Wellness Community of Philadelphia preservation students with hands-on architec- ings. A team of consultants—including at Ridgeland Mansion and Barn, Miyahara tural conservation internships. Kiernan, Timberlake and Harris, the Associates at Ohio House, and the Philadelphia Historic Preservation Corporation Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia at Broadening its focus, the Trust now advocates a (a predecessor of the Preservation Alliance), Rockland. The Trust also restored the vacant holistic view of historic preservation that Urban Partners, Jackson and Kahn, and John Sheep Barn and Sedgely Porter’s House for its includes cultural landscapes, sculpture, and Milner Associates—worked with a broad group own use. other resources, as well as buildings. As it enters of stakeholders to consider the future of preser- its second decade, the Trust hopes to build on vation in the Park. The consultants concluded Long-term leasing projects demonstrate the its proven record of public–private partnerships that a new organization, the Fairmount Park capacity of public–private partnerships to to re-energize more underutilized buildings, to Historic Preservation Trust, should be created preserve and use historic Park buildings. Lessee attract funding for historic preservation to manage and develop the Park’s historic organizations provide capital and maintenance projects, to market and interpret the Park’s buildings. funding; introduce new, complementary uses; cultural resources, and to expand Fairmount enable public access to long-closed buildings; Park’s stakeholder base. Initially, the Trust collaborated with the and attract new stakeholders to the Park. Park Conservator removes deteriorated finishes from the main entry of (For more information, call 215-877-8001 Fairmount Park Commission, City Council, Lemon Hill, a project funded by the William Penn Foundation, the users benefit from new activities, access to and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Friends of Lemon Hill, and the Fairmount Park Conservancy Historic buildings, and improved stewardship of or access the Trust’s web site at Properties Fund. Development to pass Ordinance 505, which buildings and their surrounding landscapes. www. fairmountparktrust.org.)

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PENN INVESTS IN HISTORIC WEST PHILADELPHIA by Judy West

Mortgage and Loan Programs That strategy began in 1998, when the luxury apartment building. Now the universi- university introduced an enhanced mortgage ty has embarked on a new venture, also with Encourage Restoration program that enables Penn faculty and staff to Dranoff at the helm. The property, one block While preservation advocacy often focuses receive a lump sum payment of up to $15,000 to the east of the Left Bank, is the former on individual landmark buildings, the for eligible housing-related expenses incurred headquarters and showroom for the Hajoca preservation of neighborhoods with distinctive in acquiring a home, so long as it’s within a Corporation, a plumbing supply manufactur- historic housing is a key to the future of designated area of West Philadelphia ing and distributing company. By the end of Philadelphia. One component of the Alliance’s surrounding the campus. Funds can be used next year, after a $15 million renovation, plans strategic plan is neighborhood preservation, for closing costs, down payment, interior call for the building, which is on the National and the support being funded by the home improvements and exterior home Register of Historic Places, to open as a University of Pennsylvania for such efforts improvements. Potential home buyers can performance venue and the new home of in West Philadelphia is a good example of also opt for a staggered payment of $3,000 a Penn-owned radio station WXPN. institutional/neighborhood partnerships. year for seven years. Eligible employees like Mihaela Farcas, who already live in the area, Designed by Clarence Wunder and built in Since moving to Philadelphia from her native 1921, the Hajoca Building is an intact example Romania in1985, Mihaela Farcas and her can apply for an interest-free home-improve- ment loan, with the university providing of the Art Deco commercial style, with a sleek husband, Viorel, had worked hard to restore limestone façade, tall piers dividing the bays, their seen-better-days Victorian house on matching loan funds on a 1:1 basis, up to a maximum of $7,500, for exterior renovations. and characteristic geometric ornamentation. Kingsessing Avenue. Over the years, they had With 40,000 square feet of space on two rebuilt the roof, put in new electric service Stefany Jones, director of community housing floors, the building, which has belonged to and plumbing, stripped paint-encrusted at the university, reports that since the pro- Penn since 1999, offers WXPN ample space woodwork, replaced windows, and made gram began, 314 employees have received the for offices and studios, a recording studio for their house into a comfortable home. The $15,000 lump sum, 41 have opted for the 4714-16 Kingsessing Street. Photo by Lisa D. Bendezu the World Café, a kitchen and a spur to finally tackle the disintegrating porch annual payment of $3,000, and 140 have taken says Kerman, since the university is such a coffeehouse/sidewalk café. The renovated came from Mihaela’s employer, the part in the home-improvement loan program. large presence in the neighborhood, “it has a Hajoca Building will feature storefront University of Pennsylvania, which provided “There’s a very large increase in people doing responsibility to be engaged and to find windows facing Walnut Street, so passersby a five-year, interest-free matching loan exterior work to their homes,” says Jones, who solutions that help those affiliated with the can watch World Café host David Dye tape to finance the project. notes that housing prices have risen dramati- university but also help revitalize West his nationally broadcast show. The 700-person “For me it was really an incentive. With that cally in the neighborhoods close to Penn. Philadelphia. We need to be a good partner capacity music venue will “truly enliven the money, we were able to do a nice job,” says in finding those solutions.” environment in this part of the campus,” says To jumpstart the program, the university itself university architect Charles Newman, who is Mihaela, whose husband replaced the rotting rehabbed 20 vacant properties in West columns and spindles and built a new floor New Home for ’XPN in Old responsible for reviewing designs by Bower Philadelphia in 1998 and returned them to the Lewis Thrower, Meyer Associates and DAS and roof to match the original 1890s homeownership market. At the time, says Plumbing Showroom structure. Since completing the work, the Architects, the three firms involved in the Lucy Kerman, the market wasn’t really strong In addition to encouraging preservation of interior and exterior renovations. Farcases have noticed that other homeowners enough to bear the investment, but, she says, historic residential properties in West on their West Philadelphia block have begun “It was a way of announcing our intention to Philadelphia neighborhoods, the University of Though construction has yet to begin, the improving their buildings with a fresh coat of take the neighborhood seriously. There were Pennsylvania has made a strong commitment project is already attracting significant paint or new windows.” these gap teeth in otherwise gorgeous blocks, to preserving historic properties on and attention. “It’s such a terrific location,” says “It’s a way of encouraging other investment and it’s those kinds of scattered vacancies that adjacent to its own campus. Paul Sehnert, the University’s director of real eat away at a neighborhood.” estate development. “It sits alone in the and creating coherence at a neighborhood Three years ago, the university collaborated level,” says Lucy Kerman, special projects landscape, so it’s highly visible.” Still, he’s The university’s mortgage and loan programs with property developer (and Preservation somewhat bemused by the level of interest. coordinator in the President’s Office at Penn. act as a powerful incentives to encourage Penn Alliance board member) Carl Dranoff to “It was part of a strategy. If the university “Is it because it’s charming and historic? I employees to buy homes in the area and to transform the General Electric Building at can’t think of any other explanation.” came out with some investment, other stay in those homes and improve them. And, 31st and Walnut Streets into the Left Bank, a investment would follow.”

PARTNERSHIP CDC REHABBING WEST PHILADELPHIA ONE HOUSE AT A TIME by Judy West

In many neighborhoods of Philadelphia, community development corporations (CDCs) are transforming their communities through new housing constructions. A challenge for CDCs—and for the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative—is how to include rehabilitation of historic vacant houses into these plans. One CDC that is taking this on is the Partnership CDC in West Philadelphia. neighborhood. By 1992, he had turned that fortable, attractive homes, with the emphasis on emphasizes the importance of attracting those awareness into a vocation, as founder and saving structures from vacancy and collapse. at the moderate-income level, too. “We need to executive director of the Partnership CDC, keep working-class families in the city. If we an organization dedicated to economic After rehabilitation the homes are sold through only cater to the poor, we’ll have no tax base development and affordable housing in West the CDC, though at prices—typically $50,000 and the neighborhoods will decline.” and Southwest Philadelphia. to $70,000—that don’t begin to cover construction costs. Donations and challenge (For more information, call the CDC Stoddart’s vision for West Philadelphia grants—PECO and the Philadelphia Partnership at 215-662-1612 or access the web encompasses a broad swathe from 40th Street Neighborhood Development Collaborative are site at www.thepartnershipcdc.org.) to 63rd Street, between Market Street and major supporters—make up the difference. To Baltimore Avenue. Closer to the University of prepare potential buyers for homeownership, Pennsylvania campus, he says, initiatives such as the Partnership CDC operates a home buyers Penn’s enhanced mortgage program and the club that offers advice on personal finance, opening of the Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander credit and home maintenance. University of Pennsylvania Partnership School have already encouraged investment in hous- Currently, Stoddard has his eye on the 4500 and ing. Beyond that area, he says, the challenge 4600 blocks of Sansom Street. The 4400 block has more to do with rehabilitating abandoned is already being rehabilitated as part of the properties. Neighborhood Transformation Initiative. Stoddard says that work will begin on the other Since its founding, the Partnership CDC has two blocks, where abandonment is even more Partnership CDC rehabilitation project. developed or co-developed 330 units of afford- severe, once his organization has acquired all After being laid off from his job as an options able housing in West Philadelphia, including 60 the vacant properties. “This is being done with broker with the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, single-family homes, at a cost of $40 million. the neighbors in mind, and the community in Blane Stoddart began to look at different career Many of the late-19th and early-20th century mind in terms of offering quality housing at a options. He didn’t have to look far. A resident homes that have been rehabilitated were reasonable market rate,” says Stoddard. donated to the CDC by the City, after being of West Philadelphia, Stoddart was acutely Though several of the homes will be set aside aware of the need for affordable housing in his condemned. The aim of the renovations is to transform ugly, dangerous eyesores into com- for low- to very low-income residents, Stoddard Partnership CDC rehabilitation project. 4 fall 2003 Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Questions for Candidates for Mayor

would fund an Elm Street Manager to coordinate preservation of these buildings. Just as we have infrastructure improvements within a specified “Friends” of the various parks, we could also have urban neighborhood. These managers will be able groups adopt the City’s historic buildings. The private to utilize other state programs along with the input support of the Waterworks is a good example. I am from community members to create a master plan hopeful that Memorial Hall will finally get the of improvements for the area. The program will pro- maintenance and renovation necessary to make it vide planning and development grants for marketing beautiful again. and promoting urban residential living. We have seen how national Main Street programs have City Hall itself is an excellent opportunity that we sparked economic development in commercial areas. can market as a destination for tourists and With the success of the Elm Street Act, we can truly businesses in order to generate some cash flow begin to reshape older residential neighborhoods. dedicated to preserving historic structures. One possibility is to create the position of Architect of The Preservation Alliance asked Mayor John F. Street, • full and complete use of any available financial 3. Do you feel that district designations are a City Hall that is analogous to that of the Architect Democratic candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, and support, whether from the state or federal level, valuable procedure and if so, what actions would of the Capitol. Currently, the use of City Hall is a Sam Katz, Republican candidate for mayor, to for removal of hazardous material from historical you take to enhance the use of such designations free-for-all in which the different branches and/or respond to six questions about historic preservation. buildings as a way of making such structures in Philadelphia? departments of government make their own Due to the limited space, the following are edited more competitive with new development. improvements without oversight or consideration for answers to our questions. Complete answers to all Street: the whole. We have only to look at cities such as San questions may be viewed on our web site. 2. How do Philadelphia’s historical residential Yes, I do feel that historic district designation is a Francisco where recent renovations to their City Hall buildings and neighborhoods fit into your vision, tremendously valuable process. However, in this city, have turned it into an extraordinary public asset, so 1. What policies or programs would you adopt as and what policies and programs would you adopt the Historical Commission works closely with popular that people arrange to have weddings there. mayor to enhance the relationship between the to enhance the preservation and improvement of communities and elected officials to determine which preservation of historic resources and economic such neighborhoods? neighborhoods are appropriate for designation. As I 5. Ideally, what role do you think the Historical development? am sure you know, some homeowners have concerns Commission should have beyond its required Street: regarding designation, due to what they perceive as regulatory functions? Street: As you know, I was the author of the legislation that the additional financial burdens and other restric- Presently, these issues are coordinated at the Cabinet gave birth to the Historical Commission and was tions that accompany the recognition. We therefore Street: Level. The Commerce Director, along with the honored to receive an award for my contributions to have to take the time to develop consensus, and to The Philadelphia Historical Commission has done Secretaries for Strategic Planning and Housing and the preservation community. I am still committed to listen to and educate residents. We hope that through an excellent job managing its primary regulatory Neighborhood Preservation, coordinate the linkages a vision of our city that includes preservation of our our partnership with the National Trust and organi- responsibilities. However, I have asked the Managing between development of the City’s historic resources important historic assets. However, after 50 years of zations like the Alliance, we can develop additional Director and our Secretary for Strategic Planning to and economic development. It was just such neglect and blight, and with 26,000 vacant and tools and mechanisms to support these educational undertake an assessment of the Commission’s staffing coordination that resulted in what I consider to be dangerously deteriorated properties, there is simply efforts. We have also actively lobbied for both grant and support needs as we continue to right-size and the successful resolution of our dilemma regarding no way, given our scarce resources, that we can save and tax credit programs at the State level. restructure government. It is our hope that in the the SamEric Theater. In addition, we have been each and every building. We are working hard to coming years, the Commission can play a larger role supportive of an initiative of the Historical Society restore the most precious and significant – the Katz: in our community development efforts through the of Pennsylvania to enhance heritage tourism in our Coltrane House, for instance, or Belmont Mansion. Historic district designations are a valuable tool but provision of technical assistance and the creation of neighborhoods as part of a comprehensive In other instances, where there is an economically we must carefully think out the entire process so that community-based education programs. community-based economic development strategy. viable reuse plan, we hope to join with private or efforts at economic development are not overly stifled community-based developers to save properties. We by the strict regulations of such a designation. The Katz: Katz: also believe that corporate “giving” programs and public must also be educated that the purpose of We should explore ways to tie the purpose and The preservation and adaptive reuse of historic foundations have a role to play and organizations historical district designation is not to create another function of the Historical Commission into the larger structures is, arguably, as much a factor in economic such as the Preservation Alliance can be very helpful. cumbersome level of bureaucracy but to prevent the sphere of economic development thereby freeing up development of the city as new construction. Cities wholesale destruction of our heritage. In order to pre- some of the economic development agency funds or that have aggressively protected and improved their In addition, our City Planning Commission has vent delays, we may want to establish a lower level NTI funds to help alleviate these staffing problems. historic resources (e.g., New York, Chicago, developed a program called the Community Heritage system of review and approval for small residential This seems like it could be an appropriate use of these Charleston SC) have all prospered from doing so. In Preservation Project. This program, funded in part by projects that works out approvals at the staff level, is funds given the relationship between transforming a dynamic and growing city, preservation needs to be the National Endowment for the Arts, has now efficient for individuals to engage, and is reasonable our older, distressed neighborhoods and the historical balanced with many other issues: the need to grow become a regular and consistent component of each about preservation policy. This way the Historical significance of these neighborhoods. If money were no and build new, public safety, relative cost and neighborhood plan. Community Planners work with Commission itself can reserve its time and expertise object, the funding question would be easily answered. accommodation of citizen interest to name a few. neighborhood organizations that may wish to restore for larger, more public-impact issues and proposals. Obviously, we expect to face a very tight budget in But preservation as a concept needs to be a more properties. When this is not possible, Planning and Clearly, Philadelphia is lagging behind other cities the foreseeable future so we must learn how to do the significant player at the table. Historical Commission staff work through Licenses and given our situation, this is unacceptable. We best with what we have. and Inspections to salvage important artifacts, teach The City’s bureaucracy, burdensome regulations and need to provide adequate funding so that proposed I believe the Commission and staff members should residents how to take oral histories, preserve architec- historic districts can receive prompt consideration. tax structure prevents healthy market forces from tural drawings, and develop photographic archives. include academics, builders, and design professionals reclaiming and renovating our older neighborhoods Due in part to this initial effort, the National Trust 4. What steps would you take to monitor the that are expert in architecture, preservation and and buildings. We need: has designated Philadelphia as a Preservation status and condition of City-owned historic construction, but it should also include business Development Initiative City for Historic people and neighborhood representatives. • removal of many of the bureaucratic hurdles that properties and to insure that such properties Preservation. The Trust is joining with us to provide have gotten in the way of the rehabilitation and are preserved, well maintained and 6. What is your favorite historic building in a range of tools in support of our Neighborhood reconfiguration of older structures; appropriately used? Philadelphia and why? Transformation Initiative, the City’s fight against • removal of the burdensome tax structure that has blight. These include technical assistance, direct Street: Street: reduced our city’s population and led to the drain grants and the establishment of a revolving loan fund We are certainly monitoring the status of historic One of the most magnificent but lesser known his- in jobs from the City. To begin to address this for targeted communities. properties that we own. Our Capital Program Office, toric buildings in the city is located at 1622 Locust problem, I propose to slash the wage tax to 3.5% under the Managing Director’s supervision, has done Katz: Street,which is home to the law firm of Berger & and completely phase out the Gross Receipts Tax. a great job with relatively scarce resources. In the past Montague, P.C. It is a beautiful, historically certified, Preservation has been perceived as a Center City By creating more opportunities for the people of our two years, about 2.5 million dollars has been double brownstone built in the early 1800s. It is the concern for a long time and not a neighborhood neighborhoods to find employment, we would be allocated to restore and maintain these properties. best of old world Philadelphia and a great example of concern. There must be an organized way for preser- putting money into their pockets that can be used to In addition, Fairmount Park is now completing a the value of preserving our architectural treasures. renovate and restore those neighborhoods, one vation issues to be an important consideration when strategic planning process, funded through the house at a time. NTI decisions are made. An appropriately funded William Penn Foundation, aimed, in part, at the Katz: Historical Commission staff can help. Neighborhoods development of strategies to ensure the economic My favorite historic building – the Valley Green Inn Preservation policy should include also: like Society Hill were totally reinvented in the 1950s health of the Park and all of its assets. – is located in what is also my favorite area of by employing sensitive preservation and adaptive Philadelphia. For over 150 years, this simple and • the creation of a political culture in which Katz: reuse, combined with selective demolition and elegant building has graced the Wissahickon Valley excellence in preservation is considered an construction of new housing. My administration The City does own a number of historic properties offering rest and repast to the weary traveler. important public virtue. As Mayor I will actively will focus more on building up these areas instead and we have not done a good job maintaining them. Whenever I walk the paths at Valley Green, I am support this view; of simply tearing them down. We will not repeat the I will designate specific, appropriate members of the continually reminded of how amazing it is that such mistakes of the past when “urban renewal” meant administration, including the Department of Public • the use of financial incentives that encourage an oasis exists in the middle of the fifth largest city urban destruction. Property and the City Planning Commission, to in America. preservation and adaptive reuse; answer the concerns of preservationists, design I will work for the passage of the Elm Street Act (PA • a systematic clearinghouse for matching the advocates and others. I hope to enlist people with House Bill 500) that would establish a residential expertise to help keep us informed, and I will development interests of the public and private neighborhood enhancement program. The program sectors with available historic resources; encourage them to play a role in the proper use and fall 2003 5 Latest Alliance Easement Protects william penn Federal-Era Interiors statue

The latest donation of a preservation ease- property, the Amesburys have ensured that ment to the Preservation Alliance has several all future owners will preserve the property twists which distinguishes it from the typical as well. easement donation. A distinguished history accompanies 427 The will of the last owner, Walter Amesbury, Spruce: It was built in 1790 by William stipulated that the property, a Federal-style Williams (who is also attributed as the townhouse at 427 Spruce Street, be protected builder of George Washington’s Philadelphia by a preservation easement. Mr. Amesbury’s house while he served as President). In 1791, estate fulfilled that condition of the will by the house served as the headquarters of the donating both a façade and interior easement Consulate-General of France and, in 1795 to the Alliance. Although the Alliance has a became the location of the Legation of Spain. small handful of other interior easements, From 1805 to 1844, Ann and Jane Craig lived this is the first instance in which an easement in 427 Spruce; these sisters were the aunts of was acquired from an estate. Nicholas Biddle, one of America’s most prominent financiers and banker at the time. The Preservation Alliance administers a program Mr. and Mrs. Amesbury spent the last years of which maintains the William Penn Statue atop their retirement undertaking a thorough and The Alliance currently protects 172 historic Philadelphia City Hall. Since the 23-ton, 37-foot careful restoration of 427 Spruce, which was properties in the Philadelphia region with high statue was restored in 1988, yearly inspec- almost completed before their deaths. They preservation easements, ranging from tions track the effectiveness of the protective wax had meticulously researched, restored, and townhouses such as 427 Spruce, to large coating which is occasionally renewed. Shown where necessary, recreated the Federal-era Center City commercial buildings, to landed inside the statue during this year’s inspection are interiors including the winding four-floor estates in Chestnut Hill and the suburbs, to a (L to R): Barry Dormfeld (University of the Arts), staircase, moldings, doors, floors, fireplaces, factory where Atwater Kent radios were first Randy Cotton (Preservation Alliance), Constance interior shutters, chair rails and dados, and mass produced. Bassett (Moorland Studios), and Heidi Boyce hardware. They foresaw that the best way to For more information about the Alliance’s (Philadelphia Office of Arts and Culture). Photo Both the façade and many of the interior spaces and details of protect their hard work was by a preservation by David Cann. 427 Spruce have been protected by a preservation easement. easement. Although the new buyers also easement program contact Randy Cotton Photo by J. Randall Cotton. appreciate the history and beauty of the at ext 21.

mean bean NEW CAMPAIGN PROMOTES HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA

NEIGHBORHOODS by Elise Vider

With funding from the William Penn with the exception of Fox Chase — are Foundation, and in partnership with the already National Register Historic Districts, city’s Neighborhood Transformation and civic groups are in the early stages of Initiative (NTI), the Central Philadelphia nominating Overbrook Farms and the Development Corporation (CPDC) recently Tulpehocken area of Mt. Airy as launched a marketing campaign to promote Philadelphia (local) historic districts. the livability and attract homebuyers to Cedar Park, Mt. Airy, Southwest Center CPDC Executive Director Paul R. Levy City,Fox Chase, Overbrook Farms, and noted that the program owes much to a Roxborough. The campaign, which 1997 CPDC initiative to promote living in highlights the friendliness and distinctive Center City. In addition, a 1998 study by the character of each of these neighborhoods, Alliance showed that new homebuyers mov- includes print and transit advertising, ing to Philadelphia chose to move to historic brochures for each neighborhood and a new neighborhoods over others. The William web site, ww.phillyathome.com. Penn Foundation funded both the planning Significantly, the campaign promotes the process and the development of the market- neighborhoods’ older housing stock and ing campaign. Advertising space is being historic streetscapes as marketable assets. donated by Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. Three years ago the Preservation Alliance purchased and restored the exterior of 1112 The six neighborhoods represent a diverse To learn more about the project and the Locust Street, in Center City. Since then the new Several of Philadelphia’s historic neighbor- cross section of communities across the city target neighborhoods, go to owner has revitalized the 19th-century rowhouse hoods are getting a marketing boost from a with a wide variety of housing types hold- www.phillyathome.com. as the Mean Bean coffeehouse, while the upper new program designed to promote urban ing appeal for different types of households. floors have been converted to apartments. After living in six middle-income neighborhoods Sections of each of these neighborhoods — years of neglect the historic building is once in the city. again an asset to its community.

RHODA RICHARDS

Preservation leader Rhoda Wagner Richards century townhouses to make way for a Center citywide organization, the Preservation the Emergency Aid Foundation and Inglis died in April at the age of 85 at her home in City high-rise. At that time, there was no Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, a predecessor House. Bryn Mawr. citywide preservation organization. The group’s of the Preservation Alliance. efforts, with Richards as president, were For her work in preservation, she was honored A staunch defender of the region’s historic successful, resulting in a zoning change that Richards, a graduate of the University of by the Alliance in 1995 with the James Biddle buildings, Richards founded the Rittenhouse banned new high-rises in the area around 17th Pennsylvania, married J. Permar Richards, Jr. in Award and was named a Distinguished Preservation Coalition in 1982 to fight plans and Locust Streets. The Rittenhouse group 1940. Her charitable work included serving on Daughter of Pennsylvania by former Governor that would have demolished two turn-of-the- expanded, becoming the core of a larger, the boards at Hahnemann University Hospital, Dick Thornburgh.

Board of Directors: staff John Andrew Gallery, Executive Director (Ext.22) Officers: Paul Steinke, Chair • John D. Milner, FAIA, Vice Chair • Lenore Millhollen, Secretary • Christophe Terlizzi, Treasurer J. Randall Cotton, Associate Director (Ext.21) Directors: Peter Benton • Alan Buerger • Kathy Dowdell • Carl E. Dranoff • Rosemarie Fabien • Susan Glassman • Daniel Keating III Lisa D. Bendezu, Director of Membership & Special Events (Ext.19) • Eugene Lefevre • Betty Marmon • David Moltke-Hanson • Michael P. Nairn • G. Craig Schelter • William Schwartz 6 • Christophe Terlizzi • Robert Vance • Jeremiah J. White, Jr. Preservation Matters Design: Prough Creatives PRESERVATION alliance FALL CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Neighborhood Insiders’ Tour of Wednesday, October 22, 5:30 – 7:30pm. greenhouses with a special staff tour guide. Preservation Forum City Hall $10 Alliance members, $15 nonmembers. The former estate of industrialist Pierre du Reservations required: 215-546-1146, ext.10. Pont, Longwood Gardens is the world’s premier Thursday, September 18, 2 – 3:30pm. horticultural display garden. You may also see Reservations required by September 15: Tour the 2003 Preservation Achievement this year’s Far East-themed Chrysanthemum 215-546-1146, ext. 10. Award-winning restoration of the Cassatt House Festival—with more than 20,000 autumnal- and see a presentation of the work by architect The Cleveland Restoration Society’s Heritage hued flowers—throughout the Conservatory. William K. Becker, AIA. Designed by Frank Home Loan Program combines home improve- Longwood Gardens, Route 1, Kennett Square. Furness and Allen Evans in 1883 for the brother ment loan financing with historic preservation of artist Mary Cassatt, the building was in a manner that has had a significant impact renovated by The Library Company (founded on both the preservation of historic houses and in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin) as a residential The Home & Heritage Fair the preservation of historic neighborhoods. research center for the study of early American Saturday, November 1, 11am – 4pm. Kathleen H. Crowther, Executive Director of the history and culture. Cassatt House, 1320 Admission: $5. Cleveland Restoration Society, and Richard F. Photo by Peter Olson. Locust Street, Phila. Coppolino, Assistant Vice President of KeyBank The Germantown Business Association and the Cleveland, will describe and illustrate their Thursday, October 9, 5:30 – 7:30pm. Germantown Historical Society will present an successful collaboration and its impacts on $10 Alliance members, $15 nonmembers. Beaux Arts Ball, AIA- opportunity for area residents to meet experts historic neighborhoods in Cleveland and Reservations required: 215-546-1146, ext.10. Philadelphia Chapter and vendors in the home restoration field. The Cuyahoga County. Kevin Hanna, Secretary of fair will host exhibits and demonstrations by Housing and Neighborhood Preservation for Be among the first to see the beautiful Mayor’s Saturday, October 25, beginning at 9pm. contractors, tradesmen, craftspeople, including the City of Philadelphia, will follow with a Reception Room and City Council Chambers, $75 per ticket; $20 food & drink voucher antique appraisals and a silent auction. discussion on the potential for a similar restored after last year’s widespread water with costume. Authorities on architecture, interior design, and program in Philadelphia. Co-sponsored with damage. Bob Hotes from DPK&A will discuss AIA-Philadelphia hosts the 2003 Beaux Arts historic preservation will offer workshops and the Fels Institute of Government. Hamilton details of the interior restoration project, and Ball in the historic Seaplane Hangar of the answer questions. Germantown Friends Auditorium, Pennsylvania Academy of the Nan Gutterman from Vitetta will cover high- Philadelphia Navy Yard. This year’s theme: School, 31 West Coulter St., Phila. Fine Arts, 118 North Broad St., Phila. lights of the exterior restoration. You’ll also “An Evening in Blue & Bronze: Forms, Frames, learn fascinating history facts about this Figures.” The action begins with a costumed National Historic Landmark from Greta Pride of place forum cacophony to the beat of the world's finest dance AFairmount Greenberger of City Hall Tours. Meet at City music. The goal of the event is to publicly Friday, September 19, 5:30pm. Hall Tours Office, Room 121. Waterworks Affair celebrate the creative nature of the architecture Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th St., Phila. Tuesday, September 30, 6 – 8pm. professions, promote social interaction with the $15 Alliance members, $20 nonmembers. Join the Design Advocacy Group of Philadelphia ALook Inside the profession and allied fields, such as historic when they ask the mayoral candidates to Reservations required by September 23: preservation, and establish a fundraising venue 215-546-1146, ext.10. Cassatt House address specific topics: the processes that shape to support charitable organizations for which our city, rebuilding the 21st century, and the AIA-Philadelphia has vested interests. For more During its operation from 1815 to 1909, the green country town. information and to purchase tickets, go to AIA- Fairmount Water Works was a popular destina- Philadelphia’s web site at www.aiaphila.org. tion for tourists attracted to its beautiful neo- Seaplane Hangar, Philadelphia Navy Yard. classical architecture, its breathtaking river view, and its importance as an engineering marvel. Join Preservation Alliance Executive Director AWork-in-Progress Tour: John Gallery at Philadelphia’s most romantic collection of buildings for an overview of Longwood Gardens upcoming Alliance projects and initiatives. A Greenhouse Restoration representative from the restoration team will Saturday, November 8, 10am - noon. (Date talk about the history of the Waterworks facility and time are tentative. Please confirm when and a look to its future. A reception will follow. registering.) $21 Alliance members, $25 Co-sponsored with the Fairmount Park Historic nonmembers.Reservations required: Preservation Trust. Schuylkill River near 25th 215-546-1146, ext.10. Street, Phila. The Preservation Alliance will give you a behind-the-scenes look at the ongoing restoration work of the Longwood Gardens’ Cassatt House

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