How To Reuse A Church: Our Top Ten
For their scale and architectural beauty, churches offer our neighborhoods something irreplaceable. And yet, one after the other we're losing them to deterioration and demolition. But can they be saved? Christopher Mote profiles ten exemplary reuses across the city with the hope that it will inspire many more > more
Partial Demolition Approved At Gretz Brewery
L&I approves demo of oldest part of brewery at Germantown Avenue and Oxford Street and will press the building's owner Tony Rufo to move ahead with redevelopment of the rest > more
In Kensington, A Major Reversal Brings New Hope For Historic Banks
Women's Community Revitalization Project gives up on building low-income housing at Front and Norris. The fate of the historic banks and the ownership of the site are unclear. Chris Mote reports > more
Top Ten Significant, Vulnerable Churches
Along with factories and schools, churches bring our neighborhoods a sense of scale, history, and often beauty. Some 60-80 across the city are acutely threatened. We've selected 10 that really do matter--for various reasons, their survival is uncertain. Chris Mote has the details > more
Day Of Reckoning Nigh At Another Furness Church
In West Philadelphia, another relic from the office of Furness, Evans, & Co. stares down the wrecking ball. Chris Mote profiles the circa-1900 Church of the Atonement, which was recently slapped with an L&I repair-or-demolish notice > more
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