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Aria is a 33-story Art Deco
skyscraper in Center City Philadelphia
designed by the firm Edmund Beaman Gilchrist.
An exceptionally slender building, it was one of the city's tallest office high-rises until the skyscraper boom of the late 1980s. It housed offices until 2005 when the building was sold for conversion into condominiums.
The building has undergone extensive interior remodeling and exterior renovation (including facade scrubbing and treatment) and has been renamed Aria, a nod to the building's location just off the Avenue of the Arts
, Philadelphia's premier performing arts
corridor.
The Aria was purchased in 2009 by Richard Oller and Jeffrey Goldstein.
Purchased in 2009
Richard Oller
Developed by GoldOller Associates LLC
1608 JFk Philadelphia pa 19102
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
skyscraper in Center City Philadelphia
Center City, Philadelphia
Center City, or Downtown Philadelphia includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2005, its population of over 88,000 made it the third most populous downtown in the United States, after New York City's and Chicago's...
designed by the firm Edmund Beaman Gilchrist.
An exceptionally slender building, it was one of the city's tallest office high-rises until the skyscraper boom of the late 1980s. It housed offices until 2005 when the building was sold for conversion into condominiums.
The building has undergone extensive interior remodeling and exterior renovation (including facade scrubbing and treatment) and has been renamed Aria, a nod to the building's location just off the Avenue of the Arts
Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia
The Avenue of the Arts is a segment of Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that includes many of the city's cultural institutions, most notably the theater district south of City Hall....
, Philadelphia's premier performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
corridor.
The Aria was purchased in 2009 by Richard Oller and Jeffrey Goldstein.
External links
- Aria at emporis.com
- Lewis Tower Building at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
Purchased in 2009
Richard Oller
Developed by GoldOller Associates LLC
1608 JFk Philadelphia pa 19102