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What’s Next for the Roundhouse? Confronting the Past to Shape the Future
Preservation

What’s Next for the Roundhouse? Confronting the Past to Shape the Future

Philadelphia’s former police headquarters, a Modernist icon tarnished by its past, evokes strong and conflicting opinions about its possible future

Police Administration Building the Next Big Preservation Debate
Preservation

Police Administration Building the Next Big Preservation Debate

Public input sought for the future of the Roundhouse as the Philadelphia Police Department moves to its new HQ

Op-Ed: Save the Roundhouse!
Preservation

Op-Ed: Save the Roundhouse!

Philadelphia’s finest example of Brutalist architecture faces an uncertain future. It deserves a second life

Marked Potential: Police Administration Building
Architecture

Marked Potential: Police Administration Building

The Police Administration Building at 700 Race Street is one of the city’s more distinctive municipal buildings. Its commanding concrete curvature and grid of windows give the Roundhouse unmistakable flair. With her next Marked Potential, Shila Griffith give this mid-century gem a civic-minded makeover and puts it at the disposal of the community

Roundhouse, Broad & Lombard Health Center At Top Of Endangered List
Preservation

Roundhouse, Broad & Lombard Health Center At Top Of Endangered List

The two iconic post-War buildings are joined by the Family Court on Logan Square and “Philadelphia Breweries”


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