Checking Up On The PHA’s Property Auction
The jagged process and often under-confidence of the PHA's properties auction revealed, lowered expectations for the prospects of the urban riverfront, cleaning up McPherson Square, and bettering Holme Circle > more
Not So Literate City
Philadelphia ranks painfully low among the American cities in an index of literacy created by Connecticut State University > more
The Real Valley Of Sorrow
Never mind the response to the death of Joe Paterno. Once a day, someone in this city is killed. Everyday in Philly we weep > more
Reversing The Deadly Numbers Of Strawberry Mansion
Seeking a "ceasefire" for Strawberry Mansion, submissions for preservation awards due, Lancaster Ave's renaissance, Market East Staples to close, and looking at ads on public space > more
Before Sunnylands, There Was Sunny-Lands
The Annenberg estate, near Palm Springs, to open to the public March 1 as the "western Camp David," was named for Walter's father Moe's estate in the Poconos, near Milford, Pa. > more
Holmesburg Prison Artwork Preserved & Exhibited
Chronicling the prison artwork of Holmesburg Prison, Penn gets new astronomy lab space, Point Breeze meeting postponed after shouting-match, and Philly U's sustainable fashion show > more
The Fortunate Arrangement
Memories of the Mercantile Library from an obscure insurance company executive who doubled as first rate essayist > more
Vetting The Options For Philly’s Re-Branding
What will Philly be known for next?, the persistent need for good schools in retaining a population, a sustainability design challenge, and Israeli trees come to life at the Jewish History Museum > more
Cities Without Beginning Or End
By 2030, the UN forecasts 36 mega-cities, a billion urban Chinese in 221 cities of a million or more, 6 Indian mega-cities... > more
Historic Nineteenth Century Glass Works Unearthed
Dyottville glassworks uncovered in the Riverwards, spot zoning more problematic than "visibility rights," a clear favorite emerges among plans to replace Liddonfield, and the busier Philadelphia ports of 2011 > more
A Crane, A God, And The Imagination Of A Child
Never mind municipal corruption, poor design, and NIMBYism, cranes are pretty cool > more
Gone to Seed
Nature has returned to an abandoned bank in Kensington that's slated to be demolished to build affordable housing > more
Third Regiment Armory Pinned Down In Legal Crossfire
Stuck in a legal quagmire, the old Third Regiment Armory has been vacant for eight years--but help may be on the way > more
Frankford Avenue Drawing More Than A Dozen New Projects
With a hotel, theater, market, and new shops and restaurants coming, are the days of drag racing and short dumping over? We survey the scene and talk to some of the developers and observers close to the action > more
At Holmesburg, Making Difficult Impressions
Ben Leech meets the Spanish artists who turned the walls of Holmeburg cells into architectural prints now on display at Moore College's gallery > more
Today, 1755: City’s First Public Concert
Some 30 years behind Boston, Charleston, and New York, the first concert was successful enough to draw at least one quite prescient concertgoer to the second > more
“The Burg”
Introducing another potential site for the 2013 Hidden City Festival, historic Holmesburg Prison > more
How To Read Your State
Or half of it, anyway--a review of "Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania" by George Thomas > more
