Preservation Nomination Withdrawal Signals The End For Stone Cottage In Overbrook Farms Historical Commission withdraws nomination for 127-year-old cottage in Overbrook Farms after owner St. Joseph’s University neglects the home for over a decade. Starr Herr-Cardillo has the news
Preservation L&I An Overlooked Asset To Historic Preservation Efforts Dana Rice looks at “demolition by neglect” and the potential of the Department of Licenses and Inspections as an unlikely ally in the fight to solve Philly’s preservation crisis
Architecture Marked Potential: Warwick Apartment House With this month’s Marked Potential we put our eyes on the Warwick Apartment House currently under threat of demolition. Interior architect Shila Griffith puts a stop to the wrecking ball with this boutique hotel conversion
Photography Surveying The Damage With Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences A picture is worth a thousand words, but some can leave you speechless. We caught up with photographer Matthew Christopher to discuss a nation in architectural decline and his new book, “Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences”
Uncategorized Still A Beauty Last moments for the Church of the Assumption? With demolition permitted beginning tomorrow, Photographer Chandra Lampreich takes us inside today
Art & Design With Ortlieb’s Destined for the Wrecking Ball, An Artist Speaks Up Last month a mysterious flag appeared on top of the tree that graced the roof of the abandoned and soon-to-be demolished Ortlieb’s Brewery building in Northern Liberties. We’ve got the story of how it got up there–and why
Uncategorized Ortlieb’s, The Last Brewery In NoLibs, To Be Demolished Developer Bart Blatstein says the market in the neighborhood has shifted to new construction. But there are no set plans for the site, one of the last vestiges of the Northern Liberties’ rich industrial history
Preservation Update: Wynne Theater Demolition Imminent The 1928 theater, deemed too ruined to save, will be torn down by the city. A mixed-use development for the site is being sought by Fourth District councilman Curtis Jones