Henry Magaziner: An Appreciation
The architect, who died Christmas day, helped to counter the notion that preservation means colonial restoration, and led the campaign to save Germantown's Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, pictured above > more
Shawn Evans is Director of Preservation and Cultural Projects at Atkin Olshin Schade Architects. Shawn and others at the firm assisted with the 2009 Hidden City Festival documenting improvements and facilitating approvals for the Metropolitan Opera House. Raised in Ohio and Texas, he has lived in Philadelphia since 1993 when he began graduate studies in architecture and preservation at Penn. Shawn and his family live in Bella Vista. He is the current co-chair of AIA Philadelphia’s Historic Preservation Committee and sits on the Architectural Committee of the Philadelphia Historical Commission. Shawn has also blogged for phillyhistory.org.
The architect, who died Christmas day, helped to counter the notion that preservation means colonial restoration, and led the campaign to save Germantown's Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, pictured above > more
Hidden City Philadelphia announces a Call for Proposals for its summer 2013 Festival featuring site-specific works in lesser-known and inaccessible sites of historical and community interest throughout the city. Hidden City invites proposals that illuminate the past, present and future of participating sites.
Hidden City is launching its new roster of programs and the next festival with the help of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. All gifts and memberships will be matched one to one up to $100,000 through the 2011 Philadelphia Knight Arts Challenge, and will be acknowledged on the Hidden City Daily site and in literature for the 2013 Festival.The secret lives of buildings from the anonymous author of Philaphilia.
Forget Wikipedia, Harry Kyriakodis has the answers.
Joe Brin finds stories the old fashioned way. Serendipity in the streets of Philly.
