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Industrial Design Firm Has A Knack For The Clickety-Clack
Art & Design

Industrial Design Firm Has A Knack For The Clickety-Clack

Theresa Stigale takes us inside the headquarters of Oat Foundry at Frankford Arsenal where its split flap signs are winning the hearts of customers around the globe

Searching For Frankford Creek Along A Winding Trail
Urbanism

Searching For Frankford Creek Along A Winding Trail

Sharon Barr goes looking for one of Philly’s oldest tributaries via the Frankford Creek Greenway. What she finds is an urban trail struggling to connect with its namesake

Making Connections In New Jersey With The Delair Bridge
History

Making Connections In New Jersey With The Delair Bridge

Now that the election is over, it appears we’d better start building bridges. So we thought we’d present this history of the Delair Bridge, erected by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1895. Strangely obscured next to the Betsy Ross, it was the first bridge to cross the Delaware River south of Trenton. Contributor Mick Ricereto has the story

Bridesburg, Riverfront Neighborhood Now With Riverfront Access
Urbanism

Bridesburg, Riverfront Neighborhood Now With Riverfront Access

With a land swap championed by Councilman Bobby Henon, Philadelphia gained a win-win scenario with the expansion of Dietz & Watson’s facilities and a new riverfront park. Plan Philly’s Jared Brey and Hidden City’s Brad Maule explore the future park in Bridesburg—the riverfront neighborhood which will finally have access to the riverfront

Preservation

Arsenal Adrift

Historically significant buildings demolished; shopping center appears stalled


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