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Rare Collection Of Early American Flags Explores The Evolution Of Old Glory
History

Rare Collection Of Early American Flags Explores The Evolution Of Old Glory

An antique flag dealer teamed up with the Museum of the American Revolution to put our nation’s Stars and Stripes into perspective with “A New Constellation: A Collection of 13 Star Flags.” Virginia Lindak has the details

Crane City 2016
Development

Crane City 2016

But where one building comes down, another must go up. At least it seems that way in the Philadelphia of today. Brad Maule turns that demolition frown upside down with this rundown of all the cranes building a new skyline

The Revolution, Stuck With Stern
Architecture

The Revolution, Stuck With Stern

Taliban of Architecture be damned! The Philadelphia Art Commission has unanimously approved Robert A.M. Stern’s “updated” design for the Museum of the American Revolution, paving the way for construction of its lackluster design

On Revolution Museum, Readers Have Spoken
Architecture

On Revolution Museum, Readers Have Spoken

Signees of the “Declaration of Architectural Independence” had a lot to say about the proposed design for the Museum

We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident
Architecture

We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident

Think a museum about revolution should be bold? Read and sign Nathaniel Popkin’s “Declaration of Architectural Independence”

Which Contexts Matter?
Architecture

Which Contexts Matter?

In the Museum of the American Revolution, Robert A.M. Stern set out to design something that “could never have been built anywhere else.” The result is the exact opposite–and a lost opportunity for Philadelphia

Looking For Revolutionary Architecture? You Won’t Find It At The New Museum Of The American Revolution
Architecture

Looking For Revolutionary Architecture? You Won’t Find It At The New Museum Of The American Revolution

Design for the new museum, at Third and Chestnut, to be revealed Tuesday, is far more reactionary and narrowly construed than was even expected

2012: No Predictions, Only Questions
Urbanism

2012: No Predictions, Only Questions

Here are the questions–some big, some small–we’re asking as 2012 begins


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