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Cecil Baker And The Redemption Of 1900 Chestnut Street
Architecture

Cecil Baker And The Redemption Of 1900 Chestnut Street

Design-wise, plans for the Boyd Theater site at 1900 Chestnut Street has been doomed from the get-go. Pearl Properties’ first architect for the project, Eimer Architects, couldn’t deliver a quality blueprint to match the prime Center City site. Enter Cecil Baker + Partners. With thoughtful consideration to neighborhood stakeholders and a mind for smart urbanism, Baker’s redesign sets plans for the the site right. Contributor Stephen Stofka has this Q&A with the architect who picked up the pieces and saved the project from a deadlock


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