Preservation In Belmont, The Making Of A “City Of Villas” Contributor Joshua Bevan takes us on an architectural tour of Belmont, where the origins and growth of the neighborhood can still be read in its distinctive homes
Architecture Near Whitman House, A Queen Anne Revival For Writers Rutgers Writer’s House is penning a new chapter for a late 19th century Queen Anne revival home on Cooper Street in Camden. SJ Punderson has the story on the Good Gray Poet’s former neighbor
Preservation Saying Goodbye To Stokes House The end is near for the Stokes house of Holme Circle. Despite efforts by a local civic association to save the 19th century stone farmhouse at 2976 Welsh Road, it will be razed any day now for new residential development. Hidden City co-editor Michael Bixler took a trip out to Holmesburg to bid the building a fond farewell
Architecture At 200, The Athenaeum Thinks About The Library Of The Future Tonight kicks of a design competition that seeks visions of the library in the 21st century
Preservation It’s Been A Bad Year For You, Samuel Sloan There are demolition permits out on three Sloan buildings, including an 1854 school in Bustleton, his last one remaining, and a mansion and church in West Philadelphia
Architecture Crude, Violent & Revolting A look at the past–and possible future–of the Hale Building, often called Philadelphia’s most bizarre skyscraper
Photography Beauty On High In their wisdom, the architects of Center City’s ornate buildings put some of their most extravagant decorations too far up to be seen from street level. We sent Rob Lybeck out to show us what we’ve been missing