Preservation Urban Renewal Redux? City Goes After More Tax Dollars for Demolition City Council passes a new bill that promotes razing buildings as a way to increase economic development
Development New Film Zeros in on Unsafe Neighborhood Construction Local documentary director Jason Sherman spotlights Philly’s dangerous residential construction practices in forthcoming film
Development Homeowners Pay The Price When New Construction Damages Neighboring Rows Owners of row houses are left with little recourse when demolition and new construction causes structural damage to their homes. Starr Herr-Cardillo takes a look at a growing citywide problem
Preservation Op-Ed: Streamlining The City’s Preservation Procedures Would Benefit All In this opinion piece Kenny Grono shares his perspective as a general contractor and remodeling specialist with a few ideas on how the City can untangle the red tape that undermines historic preservation
Preservation Docomomo PHL To Host “Wake” For Modernist Store Modernist architecture advocacy group will hold a demonstration to protest Philadelphia’s historic preservation crisis. Michael Bixler has the details
Photography Industrial Heritage On Washington Avenue Destroyed Demolition of Frankford Chocolate Factory has begun. Rob Masciantonio gives us a look inside
Preservation Frankford Chocolate Factory Demo Calls Motivation & Process Into Question If you think something seems off about the pending demolition of the former Frankford Chocolate Factory on Washington Avenue you are not alone. Contributor Starr Herr-Cardillo takes a look
Preservation End Of The Road For Atonement (UPDATED) The 114-year-old Church of the Atonement at 47th & Kingsessing in West/Southwest Philadelphia appears to be on its death bed, as still-unconfirmed signs of demolition close in on the Furness & Evans church
