Preservation Lost Buildings of 2021 Last year the wrecking ball pounded neighborhoods all across the city. Here we highlight some of the most notable losses to Philly’s built environment in our annual end-of-year list
Preservation Lost Buildings of 2020 Despite a raging, global pandemic and nationwide social unrest, Philadelphia still managed to destroy scores of historic buildings in 2020. Here we highlight some of the most notable losses to the city’s built environment in our annual end-of-year list
Preservation Lost Buildings of 2019 Philadelphia’s cultural heritage was served a devastating blow in 2019 with a rate of demolition like no other. Here we highlight some of the biggest losses to our built environment in our annual end-of-year list
Preservation Lost Buildings of 2018 Philadelphia’s preservation crisis reached a critical high in 2018 with a record-breaking number of demolition permits approved by the City. Here we highlight some of the biggest loses to our built environment in our annual end-of-year list
Preservation Lost Buildings Of 2016 That cheery, time-honored tradition: the year-end list. Here on the Daily, that means a roundup of the year’s demolitions in our World Heritage City. Brad Maule finds 2016’s list warrants more than just a top ten
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 by Daily co-editor Brad Maule
Preservation Lost Buildings Of 2014 Our annual review of significant Philadelphia buildings lost to demolition includes significant sites of gay, Jewish, and retail history along with the usual churches and industrial buildings
Preservation Lost Buildings of 2013-Part II Our Lost Buildings roundup concludes with five more entries, plus four that almost made the list