With little consideration or consternation, the last remaining facility of Philadelphia’s own Whitman’s Chocolates has been approved for demolition. Contributor Oscar Beisert has the history of the famous confectioner’s production site at 5th and Race and the details on how buildings protected in historic districts can sometimes be hastily brushed aside

Garage-front houses are going up across from the Betsy Ross House because the developers of the houses exploited a trifecta of loopholes in the regulatory system. Following up on an earlier report, Nathaniel Popkin peers through

Love it or hate it, and love or hate new buildings that mimic the old, a proposal for redevelopment and restoration of the Shirt Corner buildings at Third and Market will spell the end of the 1970s graphic painted sign. Christoper Mote reports