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1616 Walnut Street Building

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1616 Walnut Street Building
The 1616 Walnut Street Building in Center City Philadelphia
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Location1616 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1929 (1929)
ArchitectTilden, Register & Pepper; Wark & Co.
NRHP reference No.83004247[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 17, 1983

The 1616 Walnut Street Building or 1616 Building is a historic apartment community building in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A twenty-four-story building, it stands ninety-four meters tall.

Listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1982, it was then also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[2]

History and features

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Entrance, 1616 Building

In 1930, the architects received an award for the building's design at the 12th International Buildings Congress in Budapest.

Its five-story parking garage on the Chancellor Street side, part of the original construction, was considered a novelty in 1929.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1982.[2]

Residential conversion

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In 2013, 1616 Walnut Street was renamed "Icon" as it underwent an extensive renovation, transforming it from commercial space to an apartment building.[3][4]

References

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