Reawakening The Colorful And Ornate Horn & Hardart
Inga Saffron considers another Center City gem, historic protection sought for possible 19th century burial ground, the past and future of the Woodmere, and reaffirming the spatial context of war memorials > more
Martha Mayer Erlebacher, “Just In” At The Woodmere
Four decades of Figurative Realism on display in Chestnut Hill, City and state promise $35 million for public work in new Comcast build, two decades of work at Gorgas Park, and the Marriott settles in at the Navy Yard > more
Expansion At The Woodmere, Take 2
The Woodmere Art Museum's recharged its batteries and looks again to expansion. Only this time, Brad Maule reports, the museum and its neighbors seem to be on the same page as Chestnut Hill native Matthew Baird comes on board as architect > more
Woodmere Expansion To Restore, Clarify, Connect
Chestnut Hill museum to hold design workshop, swindled Kensington residents hope for land bank, the ripples of Morgan Hall, art to crash the Kimmel Center, and condo conversion in Manayunk > more
Building And Preserving A “House Of Wisdom”
The Shadow is all over this slender beauty at 17th and Locust, the original home of artist Violet Oakley's mural "Building the House of Wisdom." When the house's interior architecture and the mural were threatened in 1927, preservationists rallied to save it > more
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