Preservation Shakespeare & Co. Brings Old Bank Back To Life Manhattan-based bookstore and café revives an old banking storefront in Rittenhouse Square. Michael Bixler takes a ...
Architecture Old Mansion Hangs Tough On Chestnut Street Rittenhouse Square is full of sturdy, old mansions, but you would be hard-pressed to find one as resilient as this. The Shadow has the lowdown on this tenacious Queen Ann Revival home at 22nd and ...
History With Bloomsday Near, Remembering The Rosenbach Brothers Every year in June a crowd gathers outside of the Rosenbach Museum & Library to celebrate James Joyce's seminal literary masterpiece "Ulysses" with a block party and day full of public readings. Karen Chernick gives ...
History Colonial Dames? Yes, Still Active (And Growing) On Latimer Street Contributor Karen Chernick checks in at the Pennsylvania headquarters of the Colonial Dames of America where the Spirit of '76 is alive and ...
Urbanism The Best Seats In The City, Ban Be Damned Last week Friends of Rittenhouse Square and PPR announced a ban from sitting on the interior walls of the park. Two days later Mayor Jim Kenney reversed the rule. We take a look at life ...
Architecture Marked Potential: Warwick Apartment House With this month's Marked Potential we put our eyes on the Warwick Apartment House currently under threat of demolition. Interior architect Shila Griffith puts a stop to the wrecking ball with this boutique hotel ...
Preservation Preservation Still A Question As Developer Releases Preliminary Plans For 1911 Walnut New plans for developing Rittenhouse Square's long empty lot on Walnut Street have emerged, while the fate of three historic buildings on the 1900 block of Sansom Street still hang in the balance. Stephen Stofka ...
Art & Design Interior Designer Digs Deep With Delancey Place Restoration Barbara Eberlein talks architectural archeology, creative rehabilitation, and historic preservation with 21st century ...
