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Reporter to Icon: the Rise of Philadelphia and the Critic Who Covered It
Architecture

Reporter to Icon: the Rise of Philadelphia and the Critic Who Covered It

“Becoming Philadelphia,” Inga Saffron’s new book chronicling Philadelphia’s rising fortunes over the past 20 years, hits the shelves during a week of tumultuous change

A Golden Glow For The Inquirer’s Saffron
Architecture

A Golden Glow For The Inquirer’s Saffron

Yesterday, the Pulitzer Prize board announced its 2014 winners. After 15 years with a watchful eye on Philadelphia’s built environment, the Inquirer’s Inga Saffron won journalism’s highest award for criticism

Talks With Juggernauts: Golden, Updike At Free Library For Mural Arts @ 30
Art & Design

Talks With Juggernauts: Golden, Updike At Free Library For Mural Arts @ 30

Inga Saffron’s latest takedown has the Mural Arts Program back in the middle of current public discourse. But it’s no skin off the nose of the community-engagement juggernaut, as a full schedule of events marks their 30th anniversary, including this evening’s book discussion at the Free Library

Bacon, Greenberger, And Beyond: Talking Philadelphia Planning Tonight
Urbanism

Bacon, Greenberger, And Beyond: Talking Philadelphia Planning Tonight

  With a star studded lineup, Next City will this evening bring Ed Bacon back to the fore with a discussion titled “Revisiting Ed Bacon’s Legacy and the Future of Planning in Philly.” Featuring Greg Heller, whose biography Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia Nathaniel Popkin reviewed for Hidden City, and […]

“Ruin Porn” Leaves Us Forlorn
Photography

“Ruin Porn” Leaves Us Forlorn

The “ruin porn” tag was put on our tours and events schedule; we think we’re offering something that’s quite a bit more–we want to make people alive to the city’s possibilities


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