The Complicated Growth Of CHOP
What happens when a growing healthcare institution meets with a growing residential neighborhood at a crucial location for the entire city? The answer, Theresa Everline finds, is quite complicated, in this detailed look at CHOP's expansion on the east side of the South Street Bridge > more
The Multiplying Effects Of Urban Eds-&-Meds
Omar Blaik on the economic potential of eds-and-meds buying local; at 2nd & Walnut, how not to do historic preservation; PPA increases fees in order to free up parking spaces, and teens get free passes to several city museums > more
The Mountain Of South Philly
The Shadow calls the empty Mt. Sinai Hospital in Pennsport "South Philly's Divine Lorraine." He tells us why this monumental building--the city's first Jewish hospital--by architect Louis Magaziner matters > more
Vetting The Options For Philly’s Re-Branding
What will Philly be known for next?, the persistent need for good schools in retaining a population, a sustainability design challenge, and Israeli trees come to life at the Jewish History Museum > more
A U.C. Pep Rally, Of Sorts
An overview of the big projects and ideas fertilizing the city's "intellectual ecosystem." > more
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