Preservation Preservation Task Force Gears Up For Final Report Mayor Kenney's Historic Preservation Task Force rounds the corner with a draft of recommendations in hand. Starr Herr-Cardillo has the ...
Preservation Confusion And Quibbling At Mayor’s Preservation Task Force Meeting Mayor Kenney's Historic Preservation Task Force convened today following the release of a draft of a summary of summaries on the state of preservation in Philadelphia. Logistical bickering and sticker activities ensued. Starr Herr-Cardillo ...
Preservation Philadelphia Far Behind Peer Cities Says National Trust Mayor Kenney's Historic Preservation Task Force convened last night for their seventh official meeting. Starr Herr-Cardillo ...
Preservation Task Force Inches Closer To Delivering “State Of Preservation” Report Mayor Kenney's Historic Preservation Task Force convened today for their fourth official meeting. Starr Herr-Cardillo ...
Urbanism Off The Grid: Exploring Fragments Of Philly’s Lost Roadways Why does Moyamensing Avenue run diagonal? What's up with all of those funky intersections along Ridge Avenue? Contributor Tony Aiello tracks down traces of our street system from a time before the city's ...
History Ghost Station At Art Museum Rises From The Dead Harry K. walks us through the origins of the mothballed "Art Museum Station," now being renovated at the PMA, and one man's visionary plan for mass transit in Philly that never came to ...
Architecture In This Month Of Jane Jacobs, A Look At The “Philadelphia School” That Inspired & Frustrated Her A new exhibit on Philadelphia designers has Nathaniel Popkin thinking about the deep and sometimes frayed connections between them and Jane Jacobs, whose centennial is celebrated with two new ...
Urbanism Courtyard Compass Reveals A City Off Axis If you've ever feel like the city is just a tad off we have validating news for you. Philadelphia was built a few degrees left from its true north axis point. Contributor Joe Brin talks ...
