For Callowhill Neighborhood, Whose BIDing Will Be Done?
Longtime Callowhill residents and real estate developers clash over the creation of a Business Improvement District as the neighborhood begins to transition. Kimberly Haas has the story > more
City Archives Opens New HQ In Northern Liberties
New digs in NoLibs for the Philadelphia City Archives. Michael Bixler has the details > more
Marked Potential: Northern Savings Fund
Interior architect Shila Griffith brings SoHo art space sensibilities to the vacant, fortress-like Northern Savings Fund bank at 6th and Spring Garden with this month's Marked Potential > more
Planning Commission Meeting Elicits Fears Of Displacement In Point Breeze
Inside a rather tense Planning Commission meeting, how the Manufacturers’ Clubhouse was once even more stunning, flexible residential planned for Callowhill, and feedback needed for new bus shelter placement > more
Finding Robert Wood: The Long Lost Foundry Of An Iconic Ironworker
Robert Wood's renowned foundry at the corner of Ridge Avenue and 12th Street on Spring Garden Street once produced some of the nation's finest ornamental iron work. The neighborhood is slowly awakening with renewal, yet the revered company's former site remains an empty, blighted lot > more
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