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Lost Buildings of 2020
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

Lost Buildings of 2019
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

Lost Buildings of 2018
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

Lost Buildings Of 2016
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

Lost Buildings Of 2015
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

Lost Buildings Of 2014
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

Lost Buildings of 2013-Part II
Preservation

Lost Buildings of 2013-Part II

Our Lost Buildings roundup concludes with five more entries, plus four that almost made the list

Lost Buildings of 2013–Part I
Preservation

Lost Buildings of 2013–Part I

For the third year, we’re rounding up ten of the most remarkable, interesting or important buildings that got torn down this year. There’s a lot to digest here, so we’ve split the list into two parts: five buildings today, five tomorrow


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