Posts Tagged ‘Rittenhouse Square’

The Soko Lofts Will Be No Piazza

The Soko Lofts Will Be No Piazza

April 26, 2013  |  Morning Blend

Saffron on Soko Lofts, a look back at Rittenhouse Square’s Daniel Baugh mansion, Pier 53 plans to be unveiled, Joe Frazier statue reaches fundraising goal, and KieranTimberlake’s new HQ moving along nicely > more

McIlhenny Mansion Sold—To Bart Blatstein

McIlhenny Mansion Sold—To Bart Blatstein

April 8, 2013  |  News

The home of Henry McIlhenny, vacant on Rittenhouse Square since his death in 1986, has a new tenant: Bart Blatstein. Brad Maule has the story on the sale and the house > more

Filling The Square With The Empty Air

Filling The Square With The Empty Air

April 5, 2013  |  Buzz

A new iPhone app opens up a new audible experience just by walking through Rittenhouse Square > more

What's In An Odonym?

What’s In An Odonym?

January 16, 2013  |  Last Light

Out of use street names hover like ghosts of a city that once was. Peter Woodall takes us on the candlelit tour > more

Building And Preserving A

Building And Preserving A “House Of Wisdom”

November 26, 2012  |  The Shadow Knows

The Shadow is all over this slender beauty at 17th and Locust, the original home of artist Violet Oakley's mural "Building the House of Wisdom." When the house's interior architecture and the mural were threatened in 1927, preservationists rallied to save it > more