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Steven Ujifusa

Steven Ujifusa is a writer living in Philadelphia with a specialty in historic preservation and urban planning. His first book, A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect's Quest to Build the SS United States, will be published by Simon and Schuster in July 2012.

There's No Place Like Home?

There’s No Place Like Home?

September 27, 2011  |  Vantage

Can St. Gabriel's in Grays Ferry recover its place in the community? > more

Inside the Shimmering Nave

Inside the Shimmering Nave

September 26, 2011  |  Vantage

Once the center of Irish Grays Ferry, the monumental St. Gabriel’s has been stunningly restored, but can it prosper? > more

Philadelphia Afloat

Philadelphia Afloat

September 16, 2011  |  Last Light

Steven Ujifusa captured a confluence of antique ships docked on the Delaware waterfront yesterday, which makes them part of Philadelphia as far as we're concerned, even though technically they were suspended above riverbed belonging to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania > more