One of Philadelphia’s oldest institutions gets a makeover to mark its 175th anniversary on Washington Square

Big changes are in the works for William Way Community Center thanks to a $1 million grant from the Commonwealth’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. Stacia Friedman has the details

Like a chain-smoking phoenix rising from the ashes, the infamous Parker Hotel at 13th and Spruce reopened in 2018 after major renovations and decades of decline. Hidden City contributor Stacia Friedman takes a look back at the former transient hotel with memories of her grandparents’ pharmacy next door

The Mütter Museum, one to the country’s premiere medical history museums, prepares for a major expansion with a $25 million capital campaign and designs by KieranTimberlake. Kimberly Haas has the news

Barbara Eberlein talks architectural archeology, creative rehabilitation, and historic preservation with 21st century sensibilities

Fifty years out, Robert Venturi’s landmark Guild House still receives mixed reviews—just as Venturi might have it. Jason Lempieri provides his architectural insight of the landmark building (on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places since 2004) after its first century

$2.5 million renovation of the historic domes of St. Francis de Sales in West Philly nears completion

Weinstein Properties renovating 19th century Charles Schaeffer School near Wayne Junction