Park Towne Place Explained

Park Towne Place Apartment Homes
Location:2200 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9611°N -75.1775°W
Built:1958
Architect:Milton Schwartz
Louis I. Kahn; Edmund Bacon;
Architecture:International style
Added:December 15, 2011
Refnum:11000926[1]

Park Towne Place 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 parking garage, and a pool and spa complex. 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 in 1958. The apartment buildings are in the shape of rectangular cuboids.[2]

Park Towne Place is owned by Aimco, a publicly traded real estate investment trust. In 2014, Aimco selected Tryba Architects of Denver to renovate the complex.

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

In September 2021, all four towers were evacuated following flooding caused by Tropical Storm Ida. [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-12-23. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/12/11 through 12/16/11. National Park Service.
  2. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H156238_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Park Towne Place]. 2012-07-22. George E. Thomas. PDF. April 2011.
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