Named in honor of James Marston Fitch (1909-2000), the founder of the Historic Preservation program at Columbia University, this prize is awarded annually for the best paper or project completed during the first year of studies.
Through the generous contributions of PA members, in recent years the prize has carried a $500 award.
Following is a list of past winners of the Cleo and James Marston Fitch Prize:
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2010
Kerensa S. Wood, "Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Library: Identity Through Restorations"
2009
Yiannis Avramides, "The Hirshhorn Museum, the Smithsonian Institution Competition of 1939, and the Delayed Actualization of Modernism on the National Mall"
2008
Xsusha Carlyann Flandro, Christine Huh, Negin Maleki, Mariana Sarango-Manaças and Jennifer Schork, "Progressive Housing in New York City: A Closer Look at Model Tenements and Finnish Cooperatives"
2007
Richard Handler, "A Brief History of the Transformation of Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue into Luxury Apartments"
2006
Christopher Brazee
2005
Jessica Williams, "Labor, Silence, Penitence: the New Jersey State Prison at Trenton"
2004
Laura Buchner, "Ornamental Terra Cotta Along the Harlem River"
2003
Andrea Ruedy
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Becky Walldorf
2002
Melissa Baldock, "The Elliott Houses"
2001
Gregory Dietrich, "The Austin, Nichols & Company Warehouse"
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Cindy Chang and Kisa Hooks, "Domino Sugar Refinery"
2000
Michele A. Boyd, "The Mile Square City: Preservation Planning Issues in Hoboken, NJ"
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Lucien Sonder, "7 Bleecker Street"
1999
Regan Tuder, "The Escuelas Nacionales de Arte and the Search for Cuban Architectural Expression"
1998
Nadya Nenadich, "Ridgewood Savings Bank"
1997
Sarah Ingle, "City College Y Building"
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Barbara Mitchell, "An Architectural Study of the Sheffield Farm Stables, Manhattan"
1996
Lisanne Renner, "From Farm to Factories: The Evolution of Patterson's Urban Form"
1995
Katherine Rodway, "Maiden Lane: A Survey of the History and Architecture of New York City's First Jewelry District"
1994
Kevin Daly
1993
Barbara Mishara, "The Bright Lights of Times Square"
1992
Josie Fowler and Ken Lustbader
1991
Christopher Neville and Kathleen Randall
1990
Matthew A. Bauer and Vicki S. Weiner
1989
Elizabeth Lee Dassler and Hoanh Viet Tran
1988
Claudia Kavenaugh
1987
Linda Cook
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PA President Cleary Larkin (Class of 2007) presents the 2009 Fitch Prize to Ioannis Avramides at the annual PA Fall Party, held at the Central Park Arsenal.
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