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SEPTA Spruces Up The Underground With Downtown Link
History

SEPTA Spruces Up The Underground With Downtown Link

Harry K. takes us on a tour of the city’s extensive pedestrian underground concourse network, soon to be rebranded by SEPTA as the “Downtown Link”

On Vincent Kling, 1916–2013
Architecture

On Vincent Kling, 1916–2013

While Ed Bacon has earned his place as a household name in the lineage of Philadelphia’s built environment, an awful lot of that came filtered through the desk of Vincent G. Kling, who quietly passed away a month and a half ago. Brad Maule looks back at what he’s left Philadelphia

On The Book Of Bacon: A Q&A With Greg Heller
Urbanism

On The Book Of Bacon: A Q&A With Greg Heller

Greg Heller’s biography of Ed Bacon—the first of its kind on the famous city planner—officially launches on Thursday with a reading and signing at the Center For Architecture. Sandy Smith sits down with Heller to discuss Bacon, his life, and his influence

A Saga In Sculpture: The Barnes Brings Ellsworth Kelly Milestone Home To Philadelphia For The Summer
Art & Design

A Saga In Sculpture: The Barnes Brings Ellsworth Kelly Milestone Home To Philadelphia For The Summer

With ‘Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture on the Wall’, the Barnes Foundation’s first contemporary exhibition in 90 years, and the first at the Parkway location, Kelly’s Lobby Sculpture comes home to Philadelphia (albeit temporarily). Ben Leech traces its Penn Center roots and finds paralleling stories in overlapping eras


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