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Real Estate Developer Gets His Bearings at Wayne Junction
Development

Real Estate Developer Gets His Bearings at Wayne Junction

Ken Weinstein declares victory after a battle to rescue two decaying industrial buildings in Germantown

Historic Districts Make A Comeback
Preservation

Historic Districts Make A Comeback

After nearly a decade of lost opportunities, creative new strategies emerge for protecting Philadelphia’s historic neighborhoods

Historical Commission Inches Its Way Back To District Designations
Preservation

Historical Commission Inches Its Way Back To District Designations

After a long, mysterious hiatus, historic district nominations are back on the City’s agenda. Next stop: Wayne Junction. Starr Herr-Cardillo reports

Blue Horizon Fights For Its Life At Historic Designation Meeting This Wednesday
Preservation

Blue Horizon Fights For Its Life At Historic Designation Meeting This Wednesday

Legendary boxing venue Blue Horizon gets ready for another round as its nomination for historic designation goes before the Philadelphia Historical Commission on Wednesday at City Hall

“Ruin Porn” Leaves Us Forlorn
Photography

“Ruin Porn” Leaves Us Forlorn

The “ruin porn” tag was put on our tours and events schedule; we think we’re offering something that’s quite a bit more–we want to make people alive to the city’s possibilities

Join Us For An Insider’s Tour Of Changing Wayne Junction
History

Join Us For An Insider’s Tour Of Changing Wayne Junction

Our first Inside-Out Tour of the season will take 20 people to the new Wayne Junction Historic District in Germantown for a revealing tour of one of the city’s last working textile mills, a Frank Furness train station under restoration, and a soon-to-be-converted lithography plant–and more

Van Straaten & Havey Demolition Imminent
Preservation

Van Straaten & Havey Demolition Imminent

Days are numbered for this former silk yarn mill, a keystone of the Wayne Junction Historic District

SEPTA Buses Not As Green As They’d Like You To Think
Urbanism

SEPTA Buses Not As Green As They’d Like You To Think

SEPTA’s recent sustainability award and it’s advertising claims belie a bias against clean electric trolleys and electric trolleybuses, says writer Mike Szilagyi. Even hybrid diesel buses, he says, are hardly green


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