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
Architecture Requiem For A Moderne Gem, William Penn Annex Post Office Contributor Ann de Forest delivers a eulogy for the decline of civic architecture and the closing of an iconic post office on East Market Street.
Architecture Architecture Firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Newest Tenant At East Market East Market adds Bohlin Cywinski Jackson to their growing list of design tenants for the former Snellenburg’s and Family Court Building
Development Pouring Life Into East Market The sub basement foundation of East Market was poured this week marking the project’s first phase of construction. Hidden City co-editor Michael Bixler went behind the gates of the massive redevelopment site to see the 35 concrete truck operation in person and brought back these photos.
Architecture Marked Potential: Robinson Building Next up in our Marked Potential series is the Robinson Building at 10th and Market. Interior architect and designer Shila Griffith envisions a multi-screen documentary film theater complex and filmmaker workspace behind the scrolling, Modernist facade of the former women’s department store
