Eero Saarinen’s Hill College House Fortified With $80M In Renovations
Ann de Forest takes us inside Hill College House, a Mid-Century take on Medieval fortification designed by Modernist master architect Eero Saarinen. The dormitory at Penn recently reopened after $80M in engineering upgrades and interior renovations > more
Zoning Misstep Buys Jewelers Row Preservationists More Time
More time to fight Toll Bros. Jewelers Row demo, the settlement costs of deficient streets, looking back to Philly’s original firehouses, and more student housing for Mantua > more
Community College Looks To Attract International Students With Housing Accommodations
CCP to build residential towers, protected bike lane for Mayfair, performance art in a Northeast Philly dump, and PPA 8th Street garage now less awful > more
On Parkway, $4.5 Million Plaza To Showcase Holocaust Memorial Statue
Monument to be re-contextualized, apartment complex proposed in Cedar Park, Feibush wins federal suit against Johnson, and ground broken on Drexel apartment project > more
Anti-Student Housing Bill Stripped Of Most Restrictions
Town and gown brouhaha in Rittenhouse, the universality of the Prometheus story, and variances sought for old Sound of Market building, and bemoaning underused downtown space > more
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