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City Shouldn’t Sell Visitor’s Center Short
Preservation

City Shouldn’t Sell Visitor’s Center Short

This week, Mayor Michael Nutter and City Council President Darrell Clarke agreed on J.F.K. Plaza redevelopment guidelines that left the fate of the flying saucer-shaped Visitor’s Center up in the air. Preservation Alliance Advocacy Director Ben Leech argues that this flamboyant modernist structure is worth keeping

On Vincent Kling, 1916–2013
Architecture

On Vincent Kling, 1916–2013

While Ed Bacon has earned his place as a household name in the lineage of Philadelphia’s built environment, an awful lot of that came filtered through the desk of Vincent G. Kling, who quietly passed away a month and a half ago. Brad Maule looks back at what he’s left Philadelphia


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