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The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 and its Impact on the Built Environment
History

The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 and its Impact on the Built Environment

Amy Cohen examines the impact of yellow fever and how the epidemic shaped Philadelphia

Preservation Task Force Gears Up For Final Report
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 news

Confusion And Quibbling At Mayor’s Preservation Task Force Meeting
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 reports

Philadelphia Far Behind Peer Cities Says National Trust
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 reports

Task Force Inches Closer To Delivering “State Of Preservation” Report
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 reports

Off The Grid: Exploring Fragments Of Philly’s Lost Roadways
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 grid

Ghost Station At Art Museum Rises From The Dead
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 be

In This Month Of Jane Jacobs, A Look At The “Philadelphia School” That Inspired & Frustrated Her
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 books


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