Battered Brutalist School Awaits Neighborhood Plan
In Eastwick, powerful architecture battles trash and vandalism at vacant George Pepper Middle School. Michael Bixler takes a look with this photo essay. > more
Brewerytown Warehouse Conversion Keeps Graffiti In The Picture
Inspired by an era of abandonment, MM Partners uses street art for interior design. Tyler Horst has the story > more
Marked Potential: Graffiti Pier
Shila Griffith is back with a new edition of Marked Potential. In this month's proposal she envisions Graffiti Pier as the city's next great public park > more
Photographer Captures The Evolution Of Ruins With 4 Years/40 Walls
At the abandoned Spring Garden School No.1, vacant classrooms shape shift into kinetic, visual organisms. Photographer and longtime urban explorer John Bendel records the process with his series 4 Years/40 Walls > more
New Study: Philly’s Immigrants Provide A Disproportionate Economic Boost
Foreign-born residents reviving Main Streets across America, honoring graffiti at Goldtex, on Philly’s homeless, and PPAC's fifth anniversary > more
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