Strada is taking active measures to ensure the health of our Team Members and also to assist in fighting the spread of COVID-19. We closed our physical offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia on March 17, 2020. We continue to operate remotely while considering CDC guidelines and recommendations to protect our team and clients for a safe reopening. We anticipate returning to our offices this summer, but will update our plans as new information becomes available.
Meetings will continue to be held virtually, via conference call or may be postponed. All of our Team Members will be working remotely under our work-from-home policy. Due to school and business closings, our staff may be active at various times throughout the day and evening. Please bear with us as we make every effort to stay on schedule and in contact with our clients and business colleagues.
Over one million people visit the Liberty Bell in Independence National Historical Park each year. The primary challenge of designing the new 6,000-SF exhibit was to create an “engaging, informative, meaningful, affecting, and memorable encounter with a great international icon.” The exhibits tell the story of the Bell’s physical and symbolic journey—from utilitarian State House Bell, to traveling American symbol, to national and international symbol of the struggle for expanding liberties.
Befitting of a national treasure, the exhibit features enduring materials such as glass, brick, stainless steel, and porcelain enamel, which are seamlessly integrated into the structure of the award-winning new Center, designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. Once a utilitarian object, the national treasure has become a symbol of America and its liberties, and more recently, an international icon of individual freedom.
