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The Classiest Car Park In Center City
Architecture

The Classiest Car Park In Center City

The stately façade of Aldine Garage on Sansom Street makes today’s parking garages look like a cost cutting afterthought. The Shadow chauffeurs us back to the 1930s when luxury and parking spaces went hand in hand

Neighbors Fight For Zoning Code Vision In Bella Vista
Urbanism

Neighbors Fight For Zoning Code Vision In Bella Vista

As curb cuts mount in the traditionally mixed-use district, neighbors fight back. The developer is unfazed, reports Max Ufberg

Boxes & Shampoo: A Callowhill Factory-To-Nightclub Story
Architecture

Boxes & Shampoo: A Callowhill Factory-To-Nightclub Story

After a successful run as Shampoo, that Callowhill nightclub space hopes to replicate its success as Devotion. Prior to the party, GroJLart tells us, the building served as the origin of all types of paper boxes

History

Traces Of The Peace Mission, South Broad

An ordinary parking garage on South Broad Street is a part of a much greater story

Preservation

Parking Preservation

Kevin McMahon reconsiders long-maligned modern and brutalist parking garages in Philadelphia


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