City Life Op-ed: Spreading the Deadbox Gospel, One Bottle Cap at a Time In this essay Len Davidson makes the case for resurrecting a long-lost Philly street game that once contributed to the vibrance of neighborhood life and the human connection of row house culture
Architecture “Star Doors” Take Center Stage In A City Of Rows Like the human eye, exterior doors can be a portal into the soul of a row house. Ashley Hahn drops in with the backstory on “star doors,” a singular piece of Philadelphia charm
History Take Me Up To the Ball Game! Rediscovering The Bleacher Houses Of North Philly Dave Coyne gives us a rooftop view of old Shibe Park and the backstory behind Swampoodle’s little-known “bleacher houses”
Art & Design The Urban Conversation Of Row House Window Displays Mabel Rosenheck peeks inside the front window to examine Philly’s tradition of row house expression
Architecture Row House: Past And Its Future Contributor Hilary Jay dives deep into the evolution and politics of contemporary row house design with Interface Studio Architects
Art & Design Rowhouse Workshop Examines The Anatomy Of A Neighborhood Icon Armed with a 2016 grant from Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, architect Brian Phillips sets out to survey the ins and outs of the Philadelphia row house
Photography Our Blooming City: What The Best Window Boxes Are Wearing this Summer Award winning landscape architect and urban horticulturist Dennis McGlade takes us on a tour of this summer’s best window box displays with his new series, Our Blooming City
Architecture Many Ways To Skin A Row House As the housing boom hammers along developers continue to experiment with residential façade design leaving simple, brick and mortar row home exteriors looking almost quaint. Ariel and Grace Diliberto checks out a few new faces in the neighborhood with this row house roundup
