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John
Francis Collins (1937 - 2012): Pioneering Landscape
Architect
Bio: http://tclf.org/pioneer/biography-john-francis-collins
Obituary: http://www.temple.edu/ambler/news/368-collinsfeature.htm
http://www.schuylkillbanks.org/stories/john-f-collins-1936-2011
Major Projects:
Delancey Park, Philadelphia 19 65
Soceity Hill, Philadelphia 1965
Rittenhouse Square Master Plan, Philadelphia 1965
Reston New Town, Virginia Mid - 1960s
Schuylkill River Park Phase 1, Philadelphia 1965-1995
Heritage Plaza East, Downtown Salem, MA 1972-1983
University of Pennsylvania, Fine Arts Plan 1972
South Fork of Long Island Environmental Planning 1975
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Visual Impact Engineering Program 1975
Philadelphia Valley Forge Trail 1975
Interstate 95 Expressway Cover Park, Philadelphia 1976
East Hampton, NY Village Business District Plan 1976
Penn Square, Reading 1976
PSFS Plaza, Philadelphia 1976
Chestnut Street Park, Philadelphia 1978
National Aquarium Phase II Competition, Baltimore, MD 1983
Crotona Park Master Plan, Bronx New York 1985
Honors:
1959 - Jackson-Perkins Residential Design Competition; First Place
1962 - Charles Eliot Traveling Fellowship, Harvard Graduate School
of Design
1964 - Progressive Design Award for 11th and Waverly Street Town
Houses in Philadelphia
1965 - Progressive Design Citation Award in Residential Design
on Pastorius Mews for Besy Ross Corporation in Philadelphia
1965 - AIA Citation for Excellence in Community Architecture for
rehabilitation of Society Hill in Philadelphia
1966 - Progressive Design Citation Award in Urban Design on town
houses for Washington Street East Unit #2 in Philadelphia
1966 - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Honor Award:
Design Excellence for Delancey Park in Philadelphia
1968
- ASLA Honor Award: Recreational Planning for Schuylkill River
Park in Philadelphia
1972 - ASLA, Institutional Planning, Honor Award, Campus Fine
Arts Study for the University of Pennsylvania
1972 - Fifth Biennial HUD Award for Design Excellence,
US Department of Housing and Urban Development, for Heritage Plaza
East in Salem, MA
1976 - ASLA, Urban Design Award, Merit Award for Penn Square in
Reading, PA
1978 - Chestnut Street Park Compeition, Philadelphia, PA, First
Place
1979 - Urban Design Newsletter, Urban Design Award for Coldspring/Newtown
in Maryland
1979 - Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Landscape
Design Award, Heritage Plaza East, Salem MA
1980 - US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Honor
Award for Heritage Plaza East, Salem, MA
1980 - Associated Landscape Contractors of America, Environmental
Improvement Award, Judges Award for Chesnut Park in Philadelphia
1981 - Boston Society of Architects Urban Design Award
for Downtown Salem, MA
1983 - ASLA Honor Award, Parks and Recrational Planning
for Chesnut Park in Philadelphia
1983 - ASLA Honor Award, Urban Design for Downtown Salem,
MA Central Business District Plan - Heritage Plaza East/West
1984 - Alumni Achievement Award, School of Arts and Architecture
Pennsylvania State University
1985 - Crotona Park Master Plan, New York, NY; First Place
1989 - Foundation for Architecture, Award of Excellence for Market
Street Improvement Program in Philadelphia
1990 - Foundation for Architecture Urban Design Award
1993 - Investiture as Fellow of American Society of Landscape
Architects
1995 - Distinguished Achievement Award from the Pennsylvania Horticultural
Society
1999 - Lifetime Achievement Award, ASLA Pennsylvania/Delaware
Chapter, Lighting Ceremony and Dedication of Schuylkill River
Park
2006 - Distinguished Service Award, ASLA Pennsylvania/Delaware
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