Preservation Lost Buildings Of 2015 As Philadelphia heads into a wide open year with a new administration at the helm of the city, Hidden City takes one last look at 2015. Our fifth annual Lost Buildings list is presented here ...
Preservation Distorted Perceptions Demolished The Levy-Leas Mansion The historic Levy Leas Mansion at 40th and Pine has now been reduced to a pile of debris. Hidden agendas and selective thinking is to blame says architectural historian and preservation professor Aaron Wunsch. Here ...
Uncategorized The End Of The Road For 40th And Pine Demolition of the beleaguered Levy-Leas House is underway at 40th and Pine. Hidden City co-editor Michael Bixler takes one last look at the building's lost potential with a walk inside one of architect Samuel Sloan's ...
Preservation At The Eleventh Hour, Seeking A New Accord At 40th & Pine Could a last-ditch effort at diplomacy between the University of Pennsylvania and the Woodland Terrace Homeowners Association save the John P. Levy House from demolition? Aaron Wunsch says it can and should be done, though ...
Preservation Sloan Mansion Days Are Numbered: Penn Can Proceed Without Permits, Says Historical Commission Bad news for the John P. Levy House at 40th and Pine. Condition goes, says the Historical Commission, approving the University of Pennsylvania's request to remove a proviso that barres them from razing the mansion ...
Preservation Historical Commission Hardship Meeting Puts Sloan Mansion One Step Closer To Demolition The days might be numbered for the Samuel Sloan-designed John P. Levy House at 40th and Pine. Today the Historical Commission's Hardship Committee approved a recommendation that could clear the way for the Italliante mansion's ...
Preservation Why 400 South 40th Street Matters The struggle to save the Levy-Leas Mansion in West Philadelphia persists. Aaron Wunsch reminds us why it was important in the first ...
Preservation Developer’s “Hardship” Claim To Be Made Easier Under Proposed New Historical Commission Rules Preservation advocates are furious at the changes, which will be submitted by Historical Commission executive director Jonathan Farnham on ...
