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1616 Walnut Street Building

Field	Value
name	1616 Walnut Street Building
nrhp_type	nrhp
designated_other1_name	Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
designated_other1_abbr	PRHP
designated_other1_link	Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
designated_other1_color	#A8BDEC
image	1616 Walnut.JPG
caption	The 1616 Walnut Street Building in Center City Philadelphia
location	1616 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
coordinates
locmapin	Philadelphia#Pennsylvania#USA
built
architect	Tilden, Register & Pepper; Wark & Co.
added	October 17, 1983
area	1 acre
refnum	83004247

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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.

History and features

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.

Residential conversion

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

References

{{NRISref. 2009a
George E. Thomas. (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP 1616 Building". National Archives and Records Administration.
"PRHP: List of properties with OPA-compliant addresses". Philadelphia Historical Commission.
[http://www.icon1616.com Icon 1616 Apartments]
(11 March 2023). "Here’s How to Solve a 25-Story Rubik’s Cube". The New York Times.

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