Preservation Saving the Terra Cotta Temple: New Hope for Conkling-Armstrong House Emerges 11th hour efforts are underway to save an architectural wonder in North Philadelphia
History Ghosts Signs of Philadelphia: Extinct Advertisements of 2022 Jordan Keiffer tracks down the history behind old advertisements in his monthly column, Ghost Signs of Philadelphia. In this installment, six neighborhood apparitions that are now lost to the sands of time
Architecture Polishing up Silverman Hall at Penn Law Baroque classrooms shine with fresh renovations at the University of Pennsylvania
Preservation In Germantown, Saving A Neighborhood’s Character One Renovation At A Time Emily Birdie Busch profiles nine renovation projects in Germantown that are keeping the neighborhood’s architectural history within view
Architecture Public Space Rises From The Stacks At Parkway Central Michael Bixler has this preview of the three new public spaces opening on Friday at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Parkway Central branch
Art & Design At Parkway Central, Stacks Cleared To Make Way For Public Space The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Parkway Central Branch is homing in on the needs of the 21st century patron with modern upgrades and robust public programming. Michael Bixler bids adieu to the grand library’s massive book retrieval system that was recently dismantled to make way for three new centers of interactive social space
Art & Design An Artful Adaptation In Bella Vista A contemporary art gallery and residence on Bainbridge Street goes green with reuse and sustainable renovation. John Henry Scott has the story
Art & Design A Row House And A Life Transformed In this second installment of “Behind the Facade,” Nicolas Esposito finds himself at the kitchen table of Pedro Ospina, a Kensington sculptor who barters and builds his way to contentment
