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Germantown Boys & Girls Club Compromise Brings Peace To Penn Street
Preservation

Germantown Boys & Girls Club Compromise Brings Peace To Penn Street

Owners of Germantown Boys and Girls Club reach an agreement with preservationists after two years of heated debate. Starr Herr-Cardillo has the news

Development

Bill Mandating Set-Asides For Affordable Housing Tabled

City Council held a five hour hearing today on the controversial Mixed Income Housing Program bill. GroJLart has the details

Cecil Baker And The Redemption Of 1900 Chestnut Street
Architecture

Cecil Baker And The Redemption Of 1900 Chestnut Street

Design-wise, plans for the Boyd Theater site at 1900 Chestnut Street has been doomed from the get-go. Pearl Properties’ first architect for the project, Eimer Architects, couldn’t deliver a quality blueprint to match the prime Center City site. Enter Cecil Baker + Partners. With thoughtful consideration to neighborhood stakeholders and a mind for smart urbanism, Baker’s redesign sets plans for the the site right. Contributor Stephen Stofka has this Q&A with the architect who picked up the pieces and saved the project from a deadlock


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