Built in 1912 as the administration building of the New York, Westchester, and Boston Railroad, this landmark Italian Renaissance building is now the entrance to the 180th Street IRT subway station in the Bronx. LHP’s renovation, a joint venture with Weidlinger Associates, has restored the historic building and its entry and rehabilitated the elevated station with ADA access.

In addition to restructuring the building and its forecourt, the rehabilitation provided new elevator access and improved circulation patterns. The project also included repairs to the station’s structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, lighting and communications systems.

“It’s not often that we get the opportunity to do work at a facility that has the historical and architectural significance of the East 180th Street station,” said Thomas F. Prendergast, the chairman man of Metropolitan Transportation Authority that is in charge of the city’s subways and buses. “There was a collective effort to achieve the objective, to restore it to historical significance.”

 

Awards:

  • Excelsior Award for Public Architecture, American Institute of Architects New York State

  • Excellence in Historic Preservation Award, Preservation League of New York State

  • Stewardship Award / Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

  • Preservation & Rehabilitation Award, the Victorian Society New York

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