STRAWBERRY SQUARECLOCKBOX LOUNGE & STAGE Strawberry Square was designed by Mitchell Giurgola Architects and built in the late 1970s as a new urban center for downtown Harrisburg on the south edge of Pennsylvania’s State Capitol Complex. The large office and retail complex is a full city block with 12- and nine-story towers at opposite ends.…
WEST SHORE THEATRE RENOVATIONS Discovery Chris Dawson Architect (CDA) provided pro bono services to the New Cumberland Borough Revitalization Leadership Team via the AIA Blueprint for Better Initiative in 2019 and, through that project, understood the importance of the West Shore Theatre to the community. The theatre opened in 1940 as a movie house but…
LADD-HANFORD KIA 2.0DEALERSHIP RENOVATIONS & ADDITION Ladd-Hanford has hired Chris Dawson Architect (CDA) twice for renovations related to their Kia brand 10 years apart. In 2011 CDA led targeted renovations to the original showroom across the street from the main Ladd-Hanford campus. Although limited in nature, the renovations were dramatic and brought the Lebanon outpost…
ZERODAY BREWING COMPANY TAPROOM Theo Armstrong’s experience hiking the Appalachian Trail led him to embrace “zero days,” time to rest and reinvigorate during his months-long hike. When he opened his Midtown Harrisburg Brewery, he chose the name Zeroday as a nod to the experience and a reminder that when it’s time to relax, it’s time…
RITNER STEELOFFICE BUILDING Ritner Steel’s owner has been a client of CDA’s for several years. As a steel fabricator, the owner literally sees drawings by hundreds of architects and hired CDA partly based on our drawing sets being user-friendly and packed with renderings to convey design intent. Ritner Steel began in 1948 and has grown…
ELEMENTARY COFFEE CO.COFFEE SHOP AT 254/256 NORTH STREET Elementary Coffee is the best coffee in Harrisburg. They began operating in the historic Broad Street Market in Midtown in 2015 and created a loyal audience that appreciate their craft coffee and commitment to the community. They added a roastery to the market but demand for their…
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIESPENNSYLVANIA With the advent of the medical marijuana industry in Pennsylvania CDA helped Cure PA analyze potential dispensary and growing sites across the Commonwealth (Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and Wilkes-Barre to Chambersburg) and then prepared concept designs to support their applications for licenses from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. In 2017 Cure PA was…
SWEDISH MOTORS 1.0SERVICE BAY ADDITION One of CDA’s first projects involved working with the owner of this car dealership to realize an addition that is clearly modern but compliments the existing traditional building. The south end wall of the addition is clad in a stone veneer similar to the main building’s stone, but the wall…
KING MANSION RENOVATIONSK&W ENGINEERS OFFICES CDA led the design of the second-floor renovations to the 1925 Horace B. King Mansion to house new offices for K&W Engineers, a site/civil design firm. The picturesque Mediterranean-style building commands striking views of the Susquehanna River to the west and is clad in Indiana limestone and red roof tiles.…
THE CHOCOLATIER11 EAST CHOCOLATE AVENUE The existing building at 11 East Chocolate Avenue sits at the head of Cocoa Avenue and dates to 1963. Built as the Hershey Estates Office Building, it initially housed the Hershey Drug Store on the 1st floor and corporate offices on the 2nd and 3rd floors. Our client pursued a…
