BETHLEHEM, PA—Philadelphia-basedWallace Roberts & Todd, an integrated designfirm of architects, landscape architects and planners, received the35th annual ULI Global Awards for Excellence forits design of the SteelStacks Arts and CulturalCampus in Bethlehem, PA.
SteelStacks is an arts and cultural campuslocated on the former Bethlehem Steel plant onBethlehem's SouthSide. This 9.5 acre campus sits withinBethlehem Works, a 126 acre development that wasestablished as a 20-year tax incremental finance district (TIF) in2000, three years after the steel mill closed. The plant's closinghad an appreciable impact on both the city and the Lehigh Valleyregion, whose population is about one million.
"SteelStacks is an excellent example of howcommunities can work together to find creative solutions forreusing abandoned industrial sites and brownfields," saysTony Hanna, executive director of theRedevelopment Authority of the City of Bethlehem."The master planning and related architecture completed byWRT allowed us to develop and create a uniquecombination of arts, culture and commerce atSteelStacks, providing a special place for peopleto visit, learn and enjoy a wide variety of entertainment andcommunity events."
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