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Artist Explores Urban Renewal at Park Towne Place
Art & Design

Artist Explores Urban Renewal at Park Towne Place

Mid-century apartment towers become vessels for expression in a new art exhibition

Documenta ’76: How an Avant-Garde Art Sensation Almost Happened in Philadelphia
Art & Design

Documenta ’76: How an Avant-Garde Art Sensation Almost Happened in Philadelphia

Ella Comberg explores the failed plan that would have brought an international contemporary art event to the city during the Bicentennial

Photo Collection Project Takes A Walk In Ed Bacon’s Shoes
Photography

Photo Collection Project Takes A Walk In Ed Bacon’s Shoes

Fisher Fine Arts Library at Penn is digitalizing a treasure trove of slides from the personal collection of Philly city planner extraordinaire Edmund Bacon and they need your help. Michael Bixler has the details

The Gallery: Finally The Destination Ed Bacon Hoped For?
Urbanism

The Gallery: Finally The Destination Ed Bacon Hoped For?

PREIT’s transformation of The Gallery into an upscale shopping outlet promises to be the suburban-minded downtown destination that the first mall failed to deliver. Contributor Chris Giuliano takes a look at the redevelopment of East Market and Edmond Bacon’s original plan

In This Month Of Jane Jacobs, A Look At The “Philadelphia School” That Inspired & Frustrated Her
Architecture

In This Month Of Jane Jacobs, A Look At The “Philadelphia School” That Inspired & Frustrated Her

A new exhibit on Philadelphia designers has Nathaniel Popkin thinking about the deep and sometimes frayed connections between them and Jane Jacobs, whose centennial is celebrated with two new books

Rohm And Haas: The Plexiglas Palace At 50
Architecture

Rohm And Haas: The Plexiglas Palace At 50

At its annual achievement awards ceremony next week, the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia will recognize the Rohm & Haas Building for its 50th anniversary. Brad Maule explores how a collaboration designing the project—the first new building on Independence Mall—resulted in one of the largest multidisciplinary firms in the country

Ed On Ed: Hidden City Chats With Rendell, Set To Receive Bacon Prize
Urbanism

Ed On Ed: Hidden City Chats With Rendell, Set To Receive Bacon Prize

Former Mayor and Governor Ed Rendell will on Tuesday receive the 2014 Edmund N. Bacon Prize, given annually to someone for their accomplishments in planning, development, design, and community improvements. Rendell’s advocacy and investment in infrastructure earned him this year’s Prize. Hidden City co-editor Brad Maule talks with him about Bacon, water mains, Penn’s Landing, preservation and more in this Q&A

On Vincent Kling, 1916–2013
Architecture

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


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