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Docomomo PHL To Host “Wake” For Modernist Store
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

Requiem For A Moderne Gem, William Penn Annex Post Office
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 Firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Newest Tenant At East Market
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

Pouring Life Into East Market
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.

Marked Potential: Robinson Building
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


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