Architecture Hugo Bilgram And His Machine Works Bilgram Machine Works at 12th and Spring Garden was the first reinforced concrete building in Philadelphia. The Shadow puts a spotlight on the formal industrial heavy weight and the busy Bavarian behind ...
Architecture Hats Off To Stetson’s Union Mission Hospital For over a century, John B. Stetson showered the world in well-made hats from his company's 25 building manufacturing complex in South Kensington. The Shadow checked our vitals and suggests we accompany him to Union ...
Architecture A Douredoure Situation All the world's a stage, and all the Market Street buildings merely players; they have their exits and their entrances, and one building in its time plays many parts. The Shadow knows all the acts ...
Architecture Life Of Pie: Fitler Square’s Academy Of Adaptive Reuse The Philadelphia School at 25th & Lombard in Fitler Square is one of the city's shining spots for primary education. But as The Shadow finds, the school has only owned the building it occupies since ...
