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Legendary Jazz Landmark and Keystone Battery up for Historic Designation Consideration
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

Unlisted Philadelphia: Hotel Powelton
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

The English Garden Beneath The Barnes
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


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