Have you visited the Wissahickon Valley within Fairmount Park? There are beautiful nature trails along the Wissahickon Creek. Valley Green Run is a tributary of the Wissahickon Creek. There’s a parking lot which provides pedestrian access to the Valley Green Inn and the popular hiking and biking trail known as Forbidden Drive. These points were previously […]
Community
From Convent to Woodmere Art Museum
A Chestnut Hill mansion gets a renewed life. Philadelphia has often been extremely hot in the summer, especially back in 1857. To escape the heat and pollution of the city, merchant William Henry Trotter built a 10,000-square-foot summer cottage on Germantown Avenue in then-rural Chestnut Hill. In 1896, the cottage was expanded significantly into a […]
Museum Building Gets Zoning Green Light
As the local architects for the Woodmere Art Museum’s development of the former St. Michael’s Hall in Chestnut Hill, part of our job is to navigate the path to getting zoning variances for the project. We’re happy to report the variances have been approved. Proposed Plans The four-acre property and 19th-century mansion purchased by Woodmere […]
Local Architects for Renovation of St. Michael’s Hall
Krieger + Associates is excited to be working as the local architects on the renovation of St. Michael’s Hall for the Woodmere Art Museum.
Preservation Recognition Award
One of our recent residential projects has received a 2020 Preservation Recognition Award from the Chestnut Hill Conservancy. These annual awards honor outstanding preservation, restoration, and stewardship of historic buildings within Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill neighborhood and surrounding areas.
Memorial Park in Wyndmoor, PA
Because Memorial Day is more than just a day of beach and barbecues: we’re providing design services for the Arthur V. Savage Post 100 of the American Legion, Springfield VFW Post 7919, and Springfield Township, to renovate and expand the existing Veterans Park in Wyndmoor, PA. The new park will contain curving pathways, a screen of trees, bench seating, and a circle of granite memorials to Springfield soldiers lost since World War I. It will be a green space for gatherings and ceremonies, or just quiet contemplation.
Remedial Schoolwork
We planned repair and restoration work to a Chestnut Hill school building in two phases so the work could be done without disruption to students and staff.
Design Study
The Charter High School for Architecture and Design is pretty amazing. Its mission is to educate inner city youth in Philadelphia and expose them to architecture, design, and related fields.
Jeff Krieger Rides for Charity
In 2013, a group of friends and I gathered in a tavern in Philadelphia to discuss how we could play an active role in advancing cancer research.