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Take My Stone, Please!
Few people loved the granite that covered Dilworth Plaza except skateboarders, and now they'll get to keep skating on some of it > more
Into The Frontier
The possible is starting to feel real at the Navy Yard, where commercial development, infrastructure, and yes, transit, seem to be moving forward > more
Archival Footage Screening Explores An Unassuming City
Accompanying Zoe Strauss' retrospective collection of photography, a screening of post-war news footage offers a revealing peek at "everyday Philadelphia" > more
15 Trolley: Improvements, Plans, Route Changes And, Yes, Delays
Planners are eying a new fleet of ground level trolley cars for future use on the 15 and the subway-surface routes. In the meantime, wait until April to see the old streamliner cars again > more
Stable Flats Out of the Gate
Tim McDonald's Stable Flats project in NoLibs--the greenest housing development in the city--emerges from hibernation > more
Update: Wynne Theater’s Neon Letters Removed
In West Philly, L&I forced the removal of the historic theater's neon sign, which are being offered for sale by Provenance Architectural Salvage > more
North Philly Church Rehab Underway
A massive 1889 church and school to be renovated for a growing congregation > more
Construction Begins on Historic Kensington Police Station
The neo-Rennaissance 26th District station to be converted to retail bank and condos > more
This Is Philly
The annual Maskar Philly Calendar and Almanac arrived yesterday--the whole city infographed > more
Housing Trust Fund To Grow
With federal funding dropping precipitously, housing advocates secure a win in Harrisburg > more
2011 Endangered Properties List Released
Coltrane House, Joe Frazier's Gym, Chinese Cultural Center, Kensington Soup Kitchen top list > more
Germantown Neighbors Win Zoning Appeal Against Dollar Tree At Chelten Plaza
Neighbors declare victory in what's become a litmus test for the direction of the neighborhood, so long in community development limbo > more
Preservation/New Construction On South Broad Nears Completion
Classical bank incorporated into new Department of Public Welfare service center > more
Developer To Acquire Germanown Settlement School Site
Ken Weinstein picking up pieces of the failed Germantown Settlement > more
St. Boniface Demolition Begins Today
Norris Square church--an emblem of the Kensington skyline for 140 years--to be replaced by multi-family development > more
Demolition Begins At Sidney Hillman Medical Center
Icon of 1950s modernism to be replaced by high rise development > more
Club Jaguar Not Quite Extinct
Construction delays in Oak Lane hamper efforts to realize a "Gateway to the Northwest" > more
How To Dress A Building
New Erdy-McHenry parking garage at 13th and Arch is wrapped in a textile scrim > more
Face-Lift at the Woodlands
Impressive changes after years of seemingly endless deterioration to the Hamilton mansion > more
Schuylkill Trail Forges On (No Matter The Weather)
With phase 2 expansion about ready to begin, a seasonal reminder the trail is a treated as a major commuter route > more
Dough Boy Advances
A NoLibs patch of grass known for its WWI statue will become a waterfront connector and ammunition in the city's stormwater management arsenal > more
On the Market: Another Great Stone Church
1887 Hope Presbyterian in Grays Ferry seeks a new life > more
Two Month Wait For The #15 Trolley
Trolleys suspended while track is replaced in West Philadelphia starting Sunday > more
HMP to Renovate Woodlands Facade
Documentary filmmaker to shoot scenes from "Yellow Fever and the Rebirth of the City" > more
Sneak Preview of The Artblog’s Safari
The Daily comes along on the inaugural run of Libby Rosof and Roberta Fallon's new art tour, coming in March > more
Light Towers Coming to Girard and Columbia
Street Department rejects pedestrian lighting, NKCDC designs its own illuminated history towers > more
Kensington Food Co-Op to Seek Retail Space
Seeking 50 more members, the co-op holds a film benefit this Friday night > more
Hothouse Hunt at the Woodlands
On Saturday, digging up one of the great greenhouses in the world > more
Monumental! City Hall Symposium
PennDesign will host Monumental! Symposium on the History and Restoration of Philadelphia City Hall, from November 4-6, 2011. This three-day symposium will look at the history > more
Brooklyn’s 3RD Ward Coming to Kensington
Co-working, workshop, social space about to renovate 27,000 square foot space on 4th above Girard > more
40th Street Church Site Construction Geared to Resto Use
Demolition of the Fortieth Street M.E. Church will happen by year's end > more
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