City Life Final Plans To Transfer Philadelphia History Museum Collection To Drexel University Unveiled The Philadelphia History Museum is officially dead. The large collection of beloved city artifacts will be transferred to Drexel University. Kimberly Haas has the news
Architecture Schuylkill Yards Breaks Ground With Drexel Square Drexel University and Brandywine Realty Trust put shovels in the ground at 30th and Market today launching Phase 1 of their $3.5 billion megaproject, Schuylkill Yards. Michael Bixler reports
Architecture With A Little Help From Frank Furness, We Evaluate 10 New Projects Hidden City architecture critic Jason Lempieri summons the spirit of Frank Furness in this appraisal of Philly’s newest urban forms
Art & Design Shaping A New Urban Crossroads At 33rd And Chestnut Contributor Ann de Forest stands at the confluence of Penn and Drexel’s campuses where a once listless intersection is being redefined with energy, connectivity, and strategic design
Development Sizing Up Schuylkill Yards Drexel University unveiled the next phase of their Innovation Neighborhood earlier this month with the announcement of Schuylkill Yards. Contributor Stephen Stofka takes a look at plans for the ambitious new district with an eye on feasibility and design
Development Drexel Reveals Next Step In Innovation District With Schuylkill Yards The next phase of Drexel’s Innovation Neighborhood district is revealed with Brandywine Realty Trust as master developer
Urbanism The 30th Street District Plan Is Attractive, Ambitious, And Complicated The partners of the 30th Street District have compelling plans for the area surrounding the busy transportation hub. Still in the infant stages of planning, transforming the area into a lively, active space is rife with challenges. Steve Stofka lends the situation an urbanist’s eye and maps out the complicated road ahead
Development Drexel’s John Fry On Innovation Neighborhood, Schools, UCHS, & The Culture Of “Moving Fast” This week, Hidden City’s Nathaniel Popkin and Bradley Maule met with Drexel University President John Fry to talk campus development, partnerships, ideas for his proposed “innovation neighborhood,” and his vision for integrated high density development linked to high speed rail
