Mellon Square Design Award of Excellence, Civic/Institutional Originally designed by landscape architect Simonds & Simonds and architect Mitchell & Ritchey, Mellon Square is known to be one of the nation’s oldest modern urban plazas. The restored park is built on top of a parking garage and overlooks a busy downtown street. Photo 1 of 10 in Greatness Restored: The 2016 Modernism in America Awards by Nia Hampton

Greatness Restored: The 2016 Modernism in America Awards

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Mellon Square

Design Award of Excellence, Civic/Institutional

Originally designed by landscape architect Simonds & Simonds and architect Mitchell & Ritchey, Mellon Square is known to be one of the nation’s oldest modern urban plazas. The restored park is built on top of a parking garage and overlooks a busy downtown street.