Preservation Church Demolition By The Numbers: More Questions Than Answers Since 2009, 28 churches have been demolished in Philadelphia. Is development pressure to blame? Partners for Sacred Places staffer and Hidden City contributor Rachel Hildebrandt says yes and does the math on the unabating trend
Preservation St. Laurentius Church Blessed With Historic Designation The future of Fishtown’s St. Laurentius Church has been legally protected for now after the Historical Commission voted today in favor of placing the Polish Catholic landmark on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
Preservation St. Bonaventure condemned, but who will salvage its soul? In a show of bipartisan journalism, Plan Philly and Hidden City team up to find out how—or if—things are salvaged in a city-ordered demolition. Jared Brey reports and Brad Maule photographs at St. Bonaventure in North Philadelphia
Preservation The Cloisters, Revisited And Retold We’re constantly bemoaning the loss of great neighborhood churches. At The Cloisters, adapted for housing in late the 1980s, developer Caroline Dunlop Millett saved a monumental building and used an innovative design to put it back to use. She tells her story here
Preservation Demolition Imminent At North Philadelphia Landmark St. Bonaventure (Updated) With site prep already underway, the demolition of St. Bonaventure Roman Catholic Church is about to begin. Christopher Mote reports that L&I has deemed the entire structure, not just the steeple, a threat to the neighborhood and it must come down
Preservation Time Running Out At St. Bonaventure L&I issues a demolition notice to the long threatened but monumental church in Fairhill. Is a positive resolution possible? Christopher Mote investigates
Preservation Future Darkening For St. Bonaventure What might it take to stabilize the spectacular North Philadelphia church? Michael Greenle explores the narrowing options
