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And The 2013 Nominees For Historic Designation Are . . .
Preservation

And The 2013 Nominees For Historic Designation Are . . .

The Philadelphia Historical Commission will next Wednesday review 15 buildings across the city in consideration for historic designation. Christopher Mote examines the nominations

Preservation

Bottleneck At The Historical Commission

A political dispute over the designation of the Overbrook Farms Historic District coupled with perennial shortstaffing issues at the Philadelphia Historical Commission has brought the historic designation process to a halt, leaving vulnerable buildings and the proposed Washington Square West Historic District in bureaucratic limbo

Key Sites Of Jewish South Philly Are Threatened
Preservation

Key Sites Of Jewish South Philly Are Threatened

The few remnants of what was one of the largest and most exuberant Jewish communities in America–in South Philly–are vulnerable to demolition. Should they be protected as historically important? Rachel Hildebrandt has some insight


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