2.0 University Place breaks ground | mending Roxborough Victorians | Philly’s urban revival and reform roadblocks | Nutter on violence, race, and healing cities

2.0 University Place breaks ground | mending Roxborough Victorians | Philly’s urban revival and reform roadblocks | Nutter on violence, race, and healing cities
  • GSA breaks ground on W. Philly office building
  • $30k  grant to help restore Victorians buildings in Roxborough
  • Philly’s new urban revival and the issues that hold us back
  • Nutter on Race, Culture and Human Relations
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    The First Ten Years of the Design Advocacy Group of Philadelphia [DAGspace]

    The First Ten Years of the Design Advocacy Group of Philadelphia [DAGspace]

    Elise Vider, one of the Design Advocacy Group‘s founding members, looks back at organization’s first decade of activity. She analyzes DAG’s special character, adds up its accomplishments, and then peers ahead.

    DAG’s next meeting is at 8am Thursday, March 3 at the Center for Architecture, featuring a presentation on Carpenter Square.

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    DAGspace: Neither Black Nor White, Preservation is a Gray Area

    DAGspace: Neither Black Nor White, Preservation is a Gray Area

    In the newest DAGSpace, Elise Vider previews Gray Area: Provocations on the Future of Preservation, a convening of serious thinkers to consider preservation theory and practice, new design and the historic built environment amid new economic realities, demographic shifts, technological changes, environmental pressures and myriad fast-changing factors.

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