Art & Design When Modernism Took A Pew At St. Francis De Sales St. Francis de Sales church on 47th and Springfield broke from tradition in the late 1960's when former pastor Father John McNamee hired Venturi Scott Brown to re-conceptualize the sanctuary's altar with a dramatic Modern ...
History All Aboard For GPTMC’s New Neighborhoods Campaign Mayor Nutter joined Meryl Levitz and GPTMC this week for a trolley tour through three neighborhoods highlighted in the new Philadelphia Neighborhoods tourism ...
Preservation Day Of Reckoning Nigh At Another Furness Church In West Philadelphia, another relic from the office of Furness, Evans, & Co. stares down the wrecking ball. Chris Mote profiles the circa-1900 Church of the Atonement, which was recently slapped with an L&I repair-or-demolish ...
History A Short History Of A Short Street Just about every building and block is a lens on history. Here's South St. Bernard Street in West Philly and an historical narrative told through the maps and other resources available ...
Preservation West Philly Skyline Domes Restored $2.5 million renovation of the historic domes of St. Francis de Sales in West Philly nears ...
