For the third year, we’re rounding up ten of the most remarkable, interesting or important buildings that got torn down this year. There’s a lot to digest here, so we’ve split the list into two parts: five buildings today, five tomorrow

The green light’s been given to the demolition of two brownstones on the city’s Historic Register at 38th & Chestnut. Chris Mote reports that the homes, once the parish house to the adjacent Episcopal Cathedral, will be replaced by a 25-story apartment tower whose profits will go toward a complete restoration of the church and provide new facilities for the Diocese

It’s a startling morning when preservation makes the news, not once, but twice, in compelling articles by two of the best architecture critics writing today, says Nathaniel Popkin, and they offer rigorous thinking on the complexities and challenges of protecting and passing down iconic buildings