Best Architecture, Urban Design, & Public Art Of 2018
It was a banner year for architecture, art, adaptive reuse, and design. JoAnn Greco shines a light on Philly's best projects of 2018 > more
Restoring The Hale Building — Patina And All
Hale Building update, Bethel Burying Ground added to National Register of Historic Places, and Spring Garden warehouse to receive addition > more
Mrs. Venturi’s House And The Post Modern Paradox
Iconic manifesto for Post Modernism for sale, Chestnut’s Hale Building to be renovated, suburban senior living in East Kensington, and a new parklet in University City > more
What the Hale is in There?
The top floors of the exuberantly ornate Hale Building have been abandoned and inaccessible for decades, and we've been wondering what's up there for at least that long. Now, at long last, we have the answer > more
Beauty On High
In their wisdom, the architects of Center City's ornate buildings put some of their most extravagant decorations too far up to be seen from street level. We sent Rob Lybeck out to show us what we've been missing > more
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