Saturday, May 25, 2013
Alan Jaffe
B.A., Temple University
Alan Jaffe writes about historic preservation issues for PlanPhilly and focuses on often overlooked built landscapes in his column, “Look Up!” He
was a writer and editor in the newspaper industry for nearly 30 years, including eight…
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Bio
B.A., Temple University
Alan Jaffe writes about historic preservation issues for PlanPhilly and focuses on often overlooked built landscapes in his column, “Look Up!” Hewas a writer and editor in the newspaper industry for nearly 30 years, including eight at the Philadelphia Inquirer and nine at the South Jersey Courier-Post. He is currently the director of communications for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. He is also an antiques writer and collector and the author of “J. Chein & Co.: A Collector’s Guide to an American Toymaker.” -
Look Up! The “concrete castles” of Doylestown
Henry Mercer was a great collector, but also an architect with a singular vision. “Look Up!” is a PlanPhilly feature that encourages appreciation of our architectural and historical environment. The…Preservation awards honor major tax credit projects
Adaptive reuse of large-scale historic properties will be spotlighted when the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia presents its annual achievement awards on May 15. Three of the projects also took great advantage…Look Up!: Great architects brought variety of styles to Wyncote
The quiet village of Wyncote is renowned in diverse circles for a few of its former residents, including the poet Ezra Pound, the baseball legend Reggie Jackson, and the Netanyahu brothers…More By This AuthorLook Up! A gilded age of architecture in the Germantown landscape
The city’s first suburb was a canvas for great design and a variety of 19th century styles. “Look Up!” is a PlanPhilly feature that encourages appreciation of our architectural and historical… -
