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Police Administration Building the Next Big Preservation Debate
Preservation

Police Administration Building the Next Big Preservation Debate

Public input sought for the future of the Roundhouse as the Philadelphia Police Department moves to its new HQ

Op-Ed: Save the Roundhouse!
Preservation

Op-Ed: Save the Roundhouse!

Philadelphia’s finest example of Brutalist architecture faces an uncertain future. It deserves a second life

A Fond Farewell To Paley Library At Temple University
Photography

A Fond Farewell To Paley Library At Temple University

Paley Library closed its doors to the public on Thursday after serving Temple University for 53 years. Michael Bixler says goodbye to the mid-century modern library with this photo essay

Op-ed: Lessons Learned & Magic Found At Neutra’s Hassrick House In East Falls
Architecture

Op-ed: Lessons Learned & Magic Found At Neutra’s Hassrick House In East Falls

In this personal essay Jefferson University architecture student Shannon McLain gives a passionate account of the student-led effort to preserve a mid-century modern home on Cherry Lane.

Exhuming a Pyramid of Petrol Along the “Golden Mile”
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

Jefferson Makes Room For Modernism With New Preservation Program
Preservation

Jefferson Makes Room For Modernism With New Preservation Program

Jefferson University brings Modernist architecture to the forefront with their new historic preservation program and center for studies. Michael Bixler has the news

In “Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture,” The City Is A Muse
Architecture

In “Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture,” The City Is A Muse

Groundbreaking exhibit of the work of Louis Kahn brings his ideas to life, says Nathaniel Popkin

Marked Potential: Mercantile Library
Architecture

Marked Potential: Mercantile Library

If buildings could make distress signals the Mercantile Library on Chestnut Street would fill the ears of all in Center City. The once sleek, mid-century modern structure, vacant for 26 years, now sits in a state of slow decay. Interior architect Shila Griffith says the bones of the building are still strong and envisions a co-working space for medical industrial designers with this month’s Marked Potential


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