The Soko Lofts Will Be No Piazza
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
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
A new iPhone app opens up a new audible experience just by walking through Rittenhouse Square > more
What’s In An Odonym?
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 “House Of Wisdom”
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
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