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4933 Penn Avenue / Imagebox Productions
Garfield, Pittsburgh
Recently recycled from a blighted, vacant building to a unique, mixed-use space, 4933 Penn Avenue now houses a media communications firm, Imagebox, and residential lofts.
Designed by local architecture firm Loysen + Kreuthmeier, the building required some serious structural TLC. The original wood frame building was gutted and stabilized, and a new façade of steel lattice reflects the proportions of the previous construction and surrounding buildings. The rear of the property opens up to a yard with a patio through an oversized glass door.
The building renovation is part of the Penn Avenue Arts Initiative (PAAI), a program to attract artists to live and work in the neighborhoods along Penn Avenue.
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4933 Penn Avenue's facade fits the streetscape
4933 Penn's back yard
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Outdoor patio at Ice House
Raw studio space
Corrogated metal corridors
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The Ice House Artist Studios
Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh
Wide open spaces, high ceilings, exposed brick, concrete floors and enormous windows are common characteristics of the studios available in the historic Ice House. Once a vacant and dilapidated building, the Ice House now offers gritty, affordable space for local artists of all disciplines.
Artists and Cities developed the property after 15 years of vacancy and dilapidation. The Ice House was built in 1907 and functioned as Factory No. 2 of the Consolidated Ice Company. The new studios range in size from 427 to 2,475 square feet, and the building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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