Mormon Temple Transcends Tradition On The Parkway
Jeff Markovitz brings the new Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints into view with this look inside the building's referential designs > more
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 > more
And Liberty For All
Sure, City Hall has its wee observation deck with its 15-minute window for viewing. And the skyline view from the 33rd floor of the Loews is the worst-kept secret in town. But with its opening at One Liberty Place on Saturday, Philadelphia gets its first grown-up observation deck > more
Innovation & Technology: Foster On Process And Influence At New Comcast Tower
As it rises out of the construction site at 18th and Arch Streets, the Comcast Innovation & Technology Center will lead the Philly skyline into the future as the city's new tallest building. Last night its architect, Lord Norman Foster, spoke of his process and influences as he accepted the 2015 Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award > more
Postmortem: Not Bad
The PNB letters, in place for nearly six decades, are gone. Brad Maule weighs the visual and psychological change in the context of the hot real estate market. Plus, a Maule treat for a donor to our Fall Campaign on its last day > more
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