Almost Heaven On The Eighth Floor
As the former refrigerated warehouses at Delaware Avenue and Beach Streets become the "Waterview Grande" apartments, Ethan Wallace remembers another recent use: the Eighth Floor nightclub, which closed in 2003. Here's the interior of the club, empty and silent--a memory > more
Tyson Theater To Become Retail Outlet, Will Preserved Theater Survive?
This restored vintage theater on the key shopping street in the lower Northeast is reborn again--for shopping > more
Still Learning From Venturi: An Appreciation
With this week's announced retirement of the seminal postmodern architect Robert Venturi, we're still learning from his (and Denise Scott Brown's) Learning From Las Vegas, writes designer Jason Lempieri > more
Post Brothers Purchase Atlantic Building
Developer plans to convert the commercial Atlantic building into a fully residential highrise, no decision for Penn's "financial burden" at 40th & Pine, the Mormon Temple get started in the Fall, and classic pics of Inquirer building > more
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