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Rare Books Dealer Turns a Page at Frankford Arsenal
Preservation

Rare Books Dealer Turns a Page at Frankford Arsenal

A 200-year-old munitions storehouse in Northeast Philadelphia finds peaceful reuse as an antiquarian showroom. Stacia Friedman has the details

Industrial Design Firm Has A Knack For The Clickety-Clack
Art & Design

Industrial Design Firm Has A Knack For The Clickety-Clack

Theresa Stigale takes us inside the headquarters of Oat Foundry at Frankford Arsenal where its split flap signs are winning the hearts of customers around the globe

Preservation

Lost Buildings Of 2012

A look back at ten remarkable historic structures torn down last year

Photography

Demolished Buildings of 2011, Part Two

Conkling-Armstrong Terra Cotta, Sidney Hillman Medical Center, The Spectrum, Poplar St. A.M.E. Zion, and dozens of buildings at the Frankford Arsenal: RIP

Still Trashing Ourselves
Preservation

Still Trashing Ourselves

A lament for the lost buildings of the year, and a reckoning for a city that isn’t quite serious enough

Preservation

Arsenal Adrift

Historically significant buildings demolished; shopping center appears stalled


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