Philadelphia’s preservation crisis reached a critical high in 2018 with a record-breaking number of demolition permits approved by the City. Here we highlight some of the biggest loses to our built environment in our annual end-of-year list

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

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

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

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”

Last moments for the Church of the Assumption? With demolition permitted beginning tomorrow, Photographer Chandra Lampreich takes us inside today

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

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