Architecture War Memorial on the Main Line a Celebration for the Ages Stacia Friedman pays tribute to a magnificent castle in Montgomery County
Preservation English Country Manor Still Parties Like it’s 1929 Hope Montgomery Scott’s Ardrossan Farms was a magnet of Main Line society in the 1920s and 1930s, inspiring the iconic film, “The Philadelphia Story.” Today the impeccably-preserved Villanova mansion remains in family hands
Preservation Former Strawbridge’s Works Up a Sweat as a Full-Service Fitness Club Adaptive reuse and ripped abs converge at an old department store in Ardmore
Architecture The Fantastic Flair of Samuel Yellin and His Fortress on the Main Line Samuel Yellin is one of the most revered American iron workers of the 20th century. The creative tradesman, well-known for his whimsical eye for design, shook up the Main Line in the 1920s with a home renovation fit for a king. Greg Prichard has the backstory of Yellin’s long-gone fortification
Architecture Exhuming a Pyramid of Petrol Along the “Golden Mile” Greg Prichard takes us on a suburban expedition to find Vincent Kling’s lost, modernist gas station on City Avenue
Urbanism The Unbuilt Vision For A Grand Cathedral Road Like so many cities, Philadelphia had such grand postwar visions for urban renewal that only a fraction of them were built—thankfully. Among the unbuilt visions was a grand boulevard that would have linked the Main Line and Chestnut Hill—across new bridges over the Schuylkill and the Wissahickon. Brad Maule explores what might have been on Cathedral Road
Preservation Downstairs In A Century Old Masonic Lodge, Preserving The Spirit Of The Times We’re reminded that preservation takes many forms. Here’s a few of them in a single initiative, Todd Kimmell’s The Grand Review, which finds, collects, restores, and reprints vintage American art–all in a restored early 20th century bowling alley
