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As Inquirer Building Awaits Police HQ, A Peek Inside
Photography

As Inquirer Building Awaits Police HQ, A Peek Inside

Photographer Chandra Lampreich takes a look inside the empty halls of the “Tower of Truth”

Public Clocks Still Keeping Time On Philly’s Streets (At Least Twice A Day)
Photography

Public Clocks Still Keeping Time On Philly’s Streets (At Least Twice A Day)

Has there ever been a comprehensive study of Philadelphia’s exterior clocks? Well there is now. Steve Weinik combs the city for his Philly Analog series

Plan For City Branch Rail Park Emerges
Urbanism

Plan For City Branch Rail Park Emerges

The long awaited vision for turning the City Branch into a park connecting the Reading Viaduct and Fairmount Park will be released this week. It calls for a muscular new civic space at Broad Street and connections to the campus of Community College of Philadelphia

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs?
Development

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs?

As Bart Blatstein boasts about the prospects for his French-themed casino-proposal, Darrell Clarke strategizes the city’s economy. Silly money following even sillier ideas

The Final Winner Of Name This Clock…
Architecture

The Final Winner Of Name This Clock…

The sixth, and final, clock in our contest: the (former) Inquirer Building at Broad and Callowhill. We have a winner of a Hidden City membership

Planning To Begin On “Submerged” Section Of Viaduct
Urbanism

Planning To Begin On “Submerged” Section Of Viaduct

A top-notch design team will jump-start the planning process for a park that could extend from the elevated Reading Viaduct west to the Rodin Museum

Not So Bad For An S.O.B.
Architecture

Not So Bad For An S.O.B.

Development imminent, the writer reconsiders his long held impression that the building is a failure


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