Art & Design Salvage City: Recycling History One Object At A Time Reclaimed materials permeate Philadelphia’s built environment. Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens may be the city’s best known example and is hosting Translations, an exhibition of artwork by Martha Clippinger, until November 10, 2019. But the creative use of reclaimed ...
Preservation Appetite For Deconstruction: North Philly Nonprofit Tackles Three Pressing Issues With One Program Philly Reclaim brings sustainability, historic preservation, and job training together with its architectural salvage program. Kimberly Haas has the ...
Preservation Bancroft Green Gives An Old Church New Purpose In Mt. Airy Contributor Virginia Lindak takes us out to Northwest Philadelphia where an eco-minded development firm is giving Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church a new lease on ...
Development City Mobilizes Against Trash With Zero Waste Action Plan Can the City eliminate Philly's litter epidemic by 2030? Nic Esposito, director of the Zero Waste and Litter Cabinet, says it can be done if government and residents work together. Michael Bixler catches up with ...
Architecture Building A Better Future With Bright Common Hidden City editor Michael Bixler catches up with sustainable architect Jeremy Avellino to talk climate change, deep energy retrofits, and the power of passive house ...
Art & Design Serendipity And Sustainability Take The Plunge At Thompson Bathhouse Under the El at Girard, a couple sets out to turn an historic bathhouse into a progressive playspace for children. Co-editor Michael Bixler ...
Architecture At Philly U, Building Amber Long’s Legacy One year since the savage murder of the young architect Amber Long, Philly U looks to carry on her work--and her impact. On this day of service, here's one way to give, says Nathaniel ...
Art & Design WetLand Explores An Inconvenient Future WetLand gives a glimpse into Philly's not so far-flung dystopian future. The good news is with a little neighborly compassion and some floating gardens, we might be ...
