The Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office is another example of a successful historic tax credit project in Pennsylvania. This latest installment of “Historic Tax Credits @ Work” highlights how a historic industrial landmark can be thoughtfully rehabilitated and reused as educational and event space. Today, the well-known Wilmerding landmark once again supports the community while reminding visitors of its important role in the region’s industrial past.
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There are lots of things I look forward to in March as spring nears, like melting snow, daffodils, warmer sunny days, and… the PA SHPO Annual Report!
I’ll start by offering an apology to anyone who now has this holiday classic from the Sound of Music running on a loop in their head. I was looking for a new twist on our traditional end-of-year blog highlights and the “My Favorite Things” song kept popping up in my mind.
I fondly remember my evening outings to my downtown movie theater as a child, especially waiting in a long queue at the Eric Pacific to secure coveted tickets to see the Empire Strikes Back in 1980. While the theaters opened in Lancaster City in the 1980s were modern replacements of the landmark movie houses of the early twentieth century, the excitement of a day out at the movies was always a special memory.
Just in time for Halloween, this installment of “Historic Tax Credits @ Work” puts the spotlight on a project that creates office space in a former chocolate factory. The Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Factory in northeast Philadelphia made some of the country’s iconic sweets that were trick or treating staples in the early 20th century.
This installment of “Historic Tax Credits @ Work” puts the spotlight on a project that transformed the former Pittsburgh Branch of the International Harvester Company of America into 36 market rate apartments in the heart of the city.
Queue the Jeopardy! music…
If you answered “PA SHPO’s Annual Report,” you’re correct!
This latest installment of “Historic Tax Credits @ Work” features the rehabilitation of a Tudor Style mansion into local office space.
Is it even the end of a year if you don’t see at least a dozen “year in review” lists?
This latest installment of “Historic Tax Credits @ Work” features a successful project to transform an underutilized train station into a community asset.
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