A Better Way To Incentivize Development
How a state bill could incentivize transit-oriented development projects, students protest proposed Temple stadium, remembering Lawrence S. Williams, exploring abandoned subway tunnels, and a dragon to take flight on Market Street tonight > more
A Monumental Shift At Dilworth Park
Olin's design for Dilworth Park gives Philadelphia what it has long struggled for: a suitably grand approach to the monumental City Hall, says Hidden City co-editor Nathaniel Popkin. Here's his review of the park, now essentially complete > more
PWD Launches Bundled Grant Program For Stormwater Management
New policy assuages grant process for applicants, mandatory signs for construction and demo projects, Old City skyscraper tries again, micro-grants for Germantown, and the latest on Dilworth Plaza > more
Park Officials Considering Re-Burying The President’s House After Years Of Leaks
The City still to make good on its promises to protect the site, two more community gardens to be preserved, Domus chosen for PHA apartment rehab, a South Philly civic expands, and a look at how Dilworth Plaza is coming along > more
On Vincent Kling, 1916–2013
While Ed Bacon has earned his place as a household name in the lineage of Philadelphia's built environment, an awful lot of that came filtered through the desk of Vincent G. Kling, who quietly passed away a month and a half ago. Brad Maule looks back at what he's left Philadelphia > more
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