Highland Associates won a competition by invitation for renovations and an addition for the Yonkers Public Library and
Board of Education Offices. The building being renovated is a 120,000 square foot four-story abandoned industrial
building built in 1923. Located by the waterfront and diagonally across from the Yonkers train station, it occupies
a prominent location in the civic landscape. It was the intention of this project to bring the Public Library and Public
School functions together, thereby revitalizing an important part of the City. Besides renovations, an 80,000 sf. addition
was added to the entire front face of the building.
Highland Associates assembled a group of experts who acted as consultants to the team. These included, among others,
a library planner, acoustical consultants, telecommunications and audio-visual consultants, civil engineers and
landscape architects. Highland Associates provided all programming, design, architectural and engineering services.
This project received the AIA Northeast Pennsylvania Chapter Honor Award, the BOMA International BOMA/West Chester
County 2004 Office Building of the Year Award - Government Building Category, the National Brownfield Association
Phoenix Award, as well as the International Downtown Association - Economic Development Award.
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