Preservation Legendary Jazz Landmark and Keystone Battery up for Historic Designation Consideration Starr Herr-Cardillo has this roundup of local register nominations on the agenda for the November meeting of the Philadelphia Historical Commission’s Designation Committee
Architecture Unlisted Philadelphia: Hotel Powelton Ben Leech spotlights unique and significant buildings not listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places with his architectural illustration series, Unlisted Philadelphia. In this installment, a Black Bottom landmark with ties to beer, Albert Barnes, and American jazz legends
Art & Design The English Garden Beneath The Barnes The almost finished new museum is on the exact site of Thomas Penn’s manor house Springettsbury, named for his mother Gulielma Springett