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Indestructible At Broad And Callowhill
History

Indestructible At Broad And Callowhill

Harry K climbs the mountainous Terminal Commerce Building at Broad and Callowhill Streets to deliver this 360 degree view of the industrial giant

Reactivate The City Branch With A Campus Green
Urbanism

Reactivate The City Branch With A Campus Green

Phase 1 of reimagining the Reading Viaduct into a rail park is finally beginning to materialize while plans for the City Branch “cut” of the abandoned line remain at a firm standstill. Jeffery Markovitz thinks now is the time to invest in the 2nd phase of the project with a below grade campus green for the Community College of Philadelphia

Rock & Roll For Rail For Real
Preservation

Rock & Roll For Rail For Real

A killer lineup at tomorrow’s fundraiser concert for the Friends of the Rail Park aims to take the group one step closer to Phase One of the makeover of the former Reading Railroad trestle

The Viaduct At The Heart Of Her Life And Art
Art & Design

The Viaduct At The Heart Of Her Life And Art

Perhaps no one is more responsible for the vision of transforming the Reading Viaduct into a civic space and park than the acclaimed painter Sarah McEneaney. Nathaniel Popkin talks with McEneaney at Locks Gallery, where the painter’s Viaduct-centered work comes together in “Trestletown”

Official “Marriage” Of Reading Viaduct Advocates
Development

Official “Marriage” Of Reading Viaduct Advocates

The decade-old Reading Viaduct Project will merge with Friends of the Rail Park to help manage the first phase of the park, set for construction next year, and to work toward the vision of a combined elevated-submerged three mile linear park

Think Neighborhood Park
Urbanism

Think Neighborhood Park

With construction on a first phase of the Reading Viaduct park planned to begin next year, we invited the Center City District’s Paul Levy to give readers insight into the planning process, scope and costs. Don’t think of the project as a connector or trail, but instead as public space for a neighborhood without it–space with awesome views

Reading Removing Viaduct Rails
Development

Reading Removing Viaduct Rails

Spontaneous landscape being bulldozed as negotiations between the City and the Reading Company continue. Despite the surprise removal, advocates seem more confident than ever in the short and long-term prospects for an elevated-submerged park


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