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Dilworth Due To Begin
Art & Design

Dilworth Due To Begin

After three years’ planning, work on the remake of Dilworth Plaza set to begin in December–or is it?

Photography

Artifacts from a Filthier Age

Photographing the boot scrapers of Center City, once a decorative and decorous way to remove mud, excrement and other undesirables from one’s shoes

Designing Together
Art & Design

Designing Together

With 500 projects in 20 years, the Community Design Collaborative shows us how to get it done

Rowhouse Revised
Architecture

Rowhouse Revised

An innovative affordable housing project in North Philly transcends its suburban appearance

Preservation

Chestnut Filling

Three important projects key Chestnut Street’s latest evolution, filling the “hole in the doughnut”

Preservation

Parking Preservation

Kevin McMahon reconsiders long-maligned modern and brutalist parking garages in Philadelphia

Architecture

G-Ho Stirring

With development following infrastructure investment, design and preservation questions linger

History

Auto Zone

Reading North Broad’s future in its 20th century past: a hot spot of the early auto industry.


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