Urbanism History Repeating Itself: What Market East’s Original Urban Planner Thinks About the Beleaguered Corridor In 1964, John Gallery was tasked with helping solve the commercial ills of East Market Street. Six decades later Philadelphia is still looking for a cure
Preservation Op-Ed: Save the Wave and Reanimate the Robinson Building for FIFA 2026 Jason Lempieri makes the case for saving Market Street’s “cresting wave” on the eve of its destruction
Preservation Docomomo PHL to Host “Wake” for Modernist Store Modernist architecture advocacy group will hold a demonstration to protest Philadelphia’s historic preservation crisis
Preservation Three Historic Designation Removals Call Procedure Into Question Three historic properties on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places were abruptly stripped of legal protection last week. Contributor Starr Herr-Cardillo unpacks the details of each situation
Preservation Marked Potential: Robinson Building Next up in our Marked Potential series is the Robinson Building at 10th and Market. Interior architect and designer Shila Griffith envisions a multi-screen documentary film theater complex and filmmaker workspace behind the scrolling, Modernist facade of the former women’s department store
