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Stephen Girard Building Springs Back to Life With New Hotel
Preservation

Stephen Girard Building Springs Back to Life With New Hotel

Canopy, a boutique Hilton Hotel, opens this week in the Stephen Girard Building on 12th Street

Bacteria And The Bellevue: The Birthplace Of Legionnaires’ Disease
History

Bacteria And The Bellevue: The Birthplace Of Legionnaires’ Disease

The fatal outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease this summer in South Bronx has taken the lives of 12 New Yorkers. Contributor Karen Chernick revisits the bacteria’s history with the first identified epidemic at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel on Broad Street

Burk Mansion Threatened Amidst Temple’s Growth?
Preservation

Burk Mansion Threatened Amidst Temple’s Growth?

Temple University has demolished six of the seven buildings it’s owned on the 1500 block of North Broad Street in the past two years. Could the other, the 106-year-old Burk Mansion, be next?

The New Life Of The Old Family Court (And Its Murals)
Art & Design

The New Life Of The Old Family Court (And Its Murals)

When the Family Court relocates to its new building on LOVE Park later this year, it will vacate the French-inspired structure on Logan Square it’s called home for over 70 years. Max Ufberg digs in to see what will become of the New Deal-era murals, as well as a looming sculpture of a prominent judge, when the building is reborn as a luxury hotel

Girard/YWCA/Freire: Block Dominator… For Now
Architecture

Girard/YWCA/Freire: Block Dominator… For Now

For nearly a century, the seven-story limestone building at 2027 Chestnut has reigned supreme over its block, through uses as a hotel, YWCA, and now charter school. A 12-story apartment tower to be built next door will usurp the throne, but not before The Shadow’s nod to the current champ

Philadelphia Int’l Records Out, 40-Story Hotel-Condo In At Broad & Spruce
Development

Philadelphia Int’l Records Out, 40-Story Hotel-Condo In At Broad & Spruce

After a series of South Broad Street developments which have drawn mixed reviews—Symphony House, 777 South Broad, SouthStar Lofts—Dranoff Properties is raising its game by bringing a pedigree architect and a hot hotelier to Broad & Spruce. But for it to happen, Brad Maule reports, a major piece of Philly music history must first be cleared


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