Preservation Urban Renewal Redux? City Goes After More Tax Dollars for Demolition City Council passes a new bill that promotes razing buildings as a way to increase economic development
Preservation Arch Street Project Examines Life and Death in Colonial Philadelphia Forensic scientists and archeologists uncover life in the 1700s through the recovery of human remains
Preservation Preservation Group Mobilizes to Save Lynnewood Hall A Gilded Age mansion in Elkins Park has been reawakened. Kimberly Haas and Peter Woodall take us inside the legendary home
History Unearthing an Enigma in Washington Square Kimberly Haas tends to the lost history of the Society of Little Gardens
Architecture Philly Modernism Takes Center Stage at National Symposium Docomomo US comes to Philadelphia to spotlight the city’s midcentury pedigree
Preservation Publicly-Owned Philly History Handed Over to Private University The City of Philadelphia has officially transferred ownership of 130,000 artifacts from the collection of the Philadelphia History Museum to Drexel University. Kimberly Haas has the details
Art & Design POOL Explores the History of Segregation in Aquatic Recreation A new exhibition at Fairmount Water Works dives into the civil rights struggle to swim as equals. Kimberly Haas has this review
Development Plans for Park at Penn’s Landing Move Forward A cafe, gardens, and a cap on I-95 are among the amenities promised in reimagining Penn’s Landing. Kimberly Haas has an update on the project’s progress and timetable
