Art & Design Let’s Fly a Better Flag for Philadelphia Flags can be a powerful way of strengthening civic pride, but Philly's flag needs a new design in order to capture the public's imagination, argues Michael Burlando ...
History Ghosts In The System Frequent Google Street Viewers know what Michael Burlando has discovered: there's a virtual ghost city of blocks and buildings and places that only endure online. Here are some of his best ...
Architecture Field Guide To New Row House Construction, Part Four In this final part of our Field Guide To New Row House Construction, architect Michael Burlando goes A to Z reviewing 26 contemporary Graduate Hospital row houses that hope to break the ...
Architecture Phillyhenge, Or The City As Sundial Tonight at 7:24, the sunset will align with the city's street grid. It's a phenomenon called "henge," for Stonehenge, and it happens several times a year. Michael Burlando ...
Art & Design Hoist Up Your Azure and Maize Today, on Philly Flag Day, architect and Hidden City Daily contributor Michael Burlando wonders if it isn't time to reconsider the design of the city ...
Photography What the Hale is in There? The top floors of the exuberantly ornate Hale Building have been abandoned and inaccessible for decades, and we've been wondering what's up there for at least that long. Now, at long last, we have the ...
