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 > more
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 > more
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 > more
Bunting House Likely To Be Demolished
The death knell for Roxborough's Bunting House, Temple's student-inspired planning, in defense of the the necessity that is RCOs, and fuel cells at the Navy Yard > more
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