Aria (formerly known as the Lewis Tower Building) is a 33-story
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
skyscraper in
Center City Philadelphia
Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia. It comprises the area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854, which extended the city borders to be coterminous wi ...
designed by the firm
Edmund Gilchrist
Edmund Beaman Gilchrist (March 13, 1885 - December 18, 1953) was an American architect, best remembered for his English-Cotswold architecture, Cotswold and French-Norman architecture, Norman suburban houses.
Career
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvan ...
.
History and architectural features
An exceptionally slender building, is historic structure 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. Currently, the property is managed by Madison Parke.
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
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corridor.
The Aria was purchased in 2009 by Richard Oller and Jeffrey Goldstein.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is home to more than 300 completed high-rise buildings up to , and 58 completed skyscrapers of or taller,
References
External links
Ariaat emporis.com
Lewis Tower Buildingat Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
{{Philadelphia skyscrapers
Purchased in 2009
Richard Oller
Developed by GoldOller Associates LLC
1608 JFk Philadelphia pa 19102
The Aria was purchased out of bankruptcy by Richard Oller in 2009. Oller a seasoned real estate
developer. Prior to purchasing the Aria Building Oller was the founder and CEO of The Wentworth Group, The largest property management company in the United States.
The Aria, formally the Lewis Tower Building, was a turn around condo conversion- The sales team which spearheaded the successful turn around was The Condo Shop a condominium marketing firm. Other successes led by The Condo Shop were the Residences at Two Liberty Place.
Residential skyscrapers in Philadelphia
Art Deco architecture in Pennsylvania