Skip to content
Support Hidden City img

support our work

become a member
donate

exploring philadelphia's urban landscape

Support Hidden City img

follow

Asset 2
Artboard 1
  • Tours
  • About
  • Shop
  • Member Login
  • Support
  • Contact
  • Editorial Policies
Renovations at William Way Look to the Future While Preserving the Past
Architecture

Renovations at William Way Look to the Future While Preserving the Past

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

From Flophouse to Fairfield Inn: Memories & The Makeover of a Troubled Hotel
City Life

From Flophouse to Fairfield Inn: Memories & The Makeover of a Troubled Hotel

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

Growing Pains Yield Gains For The Mütter Museum
Development

Growing Pains Yield Gains For The Mütter Museum

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

Interior Designer Digs Deep With Delancey Place Restoration
Art & Design

Interior Designer Digs Deep With Delancey Place Restoration

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

Venturi’s Guild House: 50 Years Of Everyday Extraordinary Design
Architecture

Venturi’s Guild House: 50 Years Of Everyday Extraordinary Design

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

West Philly Skyline Domes Restored
Preservation

West Philly Skyline Domes Restored

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

Key Germantown Ave Site Set For Rehab
Preservation

Key Germantown Ave Site Set For Rehab

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

Architecture

Once A Church Of The Brethren

Inside that house, a mid 19th century church.


Hidden City Alternate Logo

© 2011-2023 Hidden City Philadelphia

  • About
  • Support
  • Tours & Events
  • Shop
  • Members
  • Contact