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PennPraxis and PlanPhilly win annual Henry J. Magaziner Award
PennPraxis and PlanPhilly are the recipients of the annual Henry J. Magaziner, EFAIA, Award of the AIA Philadelphia Historic Preservation Committee. The award recognizes a person or organization that has made…
Letter to the Editor: Wunsch responds to Farnham
To the Editor: Jon Farnham evidently believes that historic preservation is alive and well in Philadelphia. Reading his oddly ad hominem response to my December PlanPhilly interview, I was struck by…
Year in Review 2012
The next 10 days will bring you PlanPhilly's Year in Review as it pertains to the the built environment in Philadelphia. As we did last year, we will head to the…
The massive rebuild at the National Cathedral
As a fifth-generation Washingtonian - born A.D. 1953, I was around for quite a bit of the construction of the Washington National Cathedral, which sits formidably on one of the highest…
Church of the Assumption complex for sale
There's another chapter being written in the long history of the Church of the Assumption.Siloam, a non-profit HIV/AIDS organization, in a written statement, announced the sale of its entire property…
Fire ravages old Edison High
A fast moving fire Wednesday destroyed the old Thomas Edison High School, which was scheduled for demolition to make way for mixed-use development. The fire at the building at 7th Street…
