Does anything here look familiar? Murphy & Dittenhafer Architect Ryan Shank snapped these images of work going on at 59 E. Market St. in York, which used to house the historic Lafayette Club.
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Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects are specialists at renovations, repurposing, and the adaptive reuse of aging campus buildings – particularly ‘vintage’ modern structures like Myer Hall originally constructed in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
It’s important to Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects that the community spaces people visit as part of their daily routines are considered thoroughly, as with the York Jewish Community Center. The firm looks for opportunities to be energy efficient and sustainable and always work to integrate design with the surrounding environment.
Frank Dittenhafer has cast a wide net when it comes to the meaning behind the name "c o d." He’d like it to be a little open-ended – allowing the space to evolve and create its own identity.
Patrick Ness of Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects, like-minded business owners and other community activists have been working with the city to turn the WeCo neighborhood in York, Pa., into a destination on par with growing districts like Royal Square and the area surrounding Central Market.