We are excited to announce that Handel Architects' project Pier 57 has won a Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy!

The Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award celebrates projects in New York City that support the New York Landmarks Conservancy's mission to preserve the city's architectural history and legacy. The award is, given to projects that demonstrate excellence in the restoration, preservation, or adaptive use of historic buildings, streetscapes, and landscapes that preserve commercial, residential, institutional, religious, and public buildings.

Originally designed by American architect and civil engineer Emil Praeger in the early 1950’s, Pier 57 was the largest dock ever built by the City of New York. The pier served as a shipping terminal for a number of years before succumbing to the decline in the city’s maritime industry. It served as a parking garage for the city’s buses for three decades, and had been vacant since 2003. In 2004 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.