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Mt. Airy Couple Seeks to Create Community Space “For Us, By Us” in Philadelphia Sun Building
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Mt. Airy Couple Seeks to Create Community Space “For Us, By Us” in Philadelphia Sun Building

Antoine and Samantha Joseph are raising funds to combine community-oriented development and historic preservation at the former offices of an African American newspaper on Germantown Avenue

English Country Manor Still Parties Like it’s 1929
Preservation

English Country Manor Still Parties Like it’s 1929

Hope Montgomery Scott’s Ardrossan Farms was a magnet of Main Line society in the 1920s and 1930s, inspiring the iconic film, “The Philadelphia Story.” Today the impeccably-preserved Villanova mansion remains in family hands

Moderne Landmark Deserves a “New Deal” With Historic Protections
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Moderne Landmark Deserves a “New Deal” With Historic Protections

Mary Manfredi spotlights Nix Federal Courthouse on 9th Street and the Depression-era bas reliefs of Donald De Lue

Clothier’s Castle on the Main Line a Lesson in Adaptation
Preservation

Clothier’s Castle on the Main Line a Lesson in Adaptation

From fortress to sanctuary, the former home of Strawbridge and Clothier co-founder Isaac Clothier has served many roles over the last 150 years. Stacia Friedman has the story

161-Year-Old Victorian House Museum Ahead of the Virtual Curve
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161-Year-Old Victorian House Museum Ahead of the Virtual Curve

Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown has been an early adopter of virtual programming. When the pandemic struck the U.S. in March the quaint house museum quickly began moving events and tours online. Stacia Friedman has the story

A Secret Garden Blooms Again on Delancey Place
Preservation

A Secret Garden Blooms Again on Delancey Place

The Rosenbach Museum and Library reopens to the public on October 20 with pandemic safety protocols and a verdant renovation

Former Strawbridge’s Works Up a Sweat as a Full-Service Fitness Club
Preservation

Former Strawbridge’s Works Up a Sweat as a Full-Service Fitness Club

Adaptive reuse and ripped abs converge at an old department store in Ardmore

Legendary Philly Soul Studio and Brutalist Icon Go Before Designation Committee
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Legendary Philly Soul Studio and Brutalist Icon Go Before Designation Committee

Starr Herr-Cardillo has this roundup of local register nominations on the agenda for the August meeting of the Philadelphia Historical Commission’s Designation Committee


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