Row House: Past And Its Future
Contributor Hilary Jay dives deep into the evolution and politics of contemporary row house design with Interface Studio Architects > more
PHA Inks Deal For Grocery Store For Remade Sharswood
Another food desert gets a grocery store, turning the page in Point Breeze, former Astor Theater to be demolished, and Penn’s Landing getting ramp > more
In Point Breeze, A Queen Anne Washed In Swedish Mystery
The Shetzline family once owned large parcels of farmland throughout Point Breeze and later developed their estate for the shallow canyons of row houses we see today. One conspicuous building, now a laundromat at the corner of 18th and Moore, may be the last remaining home of the South Philly Sweed's old homestead. The Shadow follows the trail of obscurity > more
Resurrecting Mount Moriah
Mount Moriah reawakens, “Newbold" neighborhood rebranding wears thin, Kensington brewery buildings threatened by development, and Museum of American Revolution announces replica ship feature > more
When Trump Didn’t Get His Philly Casino
A look at the mogul’s failed casino bid, on the “broverflow” from Fishtown’s transformation, Kenney’s vision for year one of vision zero, and Newbold civics to merge > more
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