Design

February 20-24: Kahn in Rome, Thaddeus Squire at Visibly Invisible, Scott Gabriel Knowles on risk and disaster, Paula Scher on design, Grid Alive, reimagining urban highways

February 20-24: Kahn in Rome, Thaddeus Squire at Visibly Invisible, Scott Gabriel Knowles on risk and disaster, Paula Scher on design, Grid Alive, reimagining urban highways
  • Monday: Kahn in Rome @ Architectural Archives
  • Tuesday: Visibly Invisible with Thaddeus Squire @ UArts
  • Wednesday: Scott Gabriel Knowles: “The Disaster Experts, Mastering Risk in Modern America” @ Penn Book Store
  • Thursday: Paula Scher @ PennDesign
  • Thursday: Re-imagining Urban Highways @ Academy of Natural Sciences
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    February 17-20: ‘Force of Nature,’ Independence Hall tower ceremony, Freedom Bound, President’s Day Celebration

    February 17-20: ‘Force of Nature,’ Independence Hall tower ceremony, Freedom Bound, President’s Day Celebration
  • Friday: Force of Nature @ Woodmere
  • Saturday: Independence Hall Tower Ribbon Cutting @ Independence Square
  • Saturday: Freedom Bound: African American Women in 18th Century Philadelphia @ Stenton
  • Saturday-Monday: President’s Day Celebration @ Constitution Center
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    Remediate I-95, Society Hill sidewalks, nature and design at Washington Avenue Green, reprieve for six Catholic elementary schools

    Remediate I-95, Society Hill sidewalks, nature and design at Washington Avenue Green, reprieve for six Catholic elementary schools
  • Inga Saffron on I-95 removal and mitigation
  • Curb project in Society Hill could be on hold for another year
  • Impressions of Washington Avenue Green
  • Six city Catholic elementary schools slated to close will remain open
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    February 13-17: whyilovephilly, high tunnels, Ignite Philly 9, DuBois and Design

    February 13-17: whyilovephilly, high tunnels, Ignite Philly 9, DuBois and Design
  • Monday: #whyilovephilly party 2.0
  • Wednesday: High Tunnels
  • Thursday: Ignite Philly 9
  • Friday: DuBois and Design
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    Waterfront zoning overlay drafted, debating Overbrook Farms’ historic districting, Keith Haring in Point Breeze, PA considers green building legislation, onward Navy Yard boomtown

    Waterfront zoning overlay drafted, debating Overbrook Farms’ historic districting, Keith Haring in Point Breeze, PA considers green building legislation, onward Navy Yard boomtown
  • Draft waterfront zoning overlay meshes Master Plan with new zoning
  • Is Overbrook Farms Historic District stalling out?
  • Concern for the Keith Haring mural in Point Breeze
  • PA weighs green building legislation
  • The Navy Yard’s transition to a model mini-city 
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    Packer Park: Residents Brace For Possible Billboard Expansion Project

    Packer Park: Residents Brace For Possible Billboard Expansion Project

    As the city debates new zoning rules for signage, Connor Showalter checks in with Packer Park residents waging their own battle over a proposed digital billboard along the Schuylkill Expressway above their neighborhood. [Philadelphia Neighborhoods] 

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    Philadelphia Media Network sale getting weirder, Philly’s wide digital divide, promoting Silverliner V cars, former Reed’s is the classiest CVS

    Philadelphia Media Network sale getting weirder, Philly’s wide digital divide, promoting Silverliner V cars, former Reed’s is the classiest CVS
  • Blatstein interested in acquiring Philadelphia Media Network; PMN really doesn’t want to talk about it
  • Digital divide deep in Cabletown
  • SEPTA invites you to ride a Silverliner V
  • Look Up! Reed’s on Chestnut Street
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    UPDATED: The Imperative Divine Lorraine

    UPDATED: The Imperative Divine Lorraine

    The revitalization on North Broad Street is being held back by the Divine Lorraine’s blighting dead weight. But Mayor Nutter announced the city’s renewed commitment to “transform” the historic, but neglected, apartment/hotel at the intersection of Broad and Fairmount. UPDATE: An unnamed local developer has an option on the Divine Lorraine, and a deal could be reached within weeks.

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    Comcast Center: reflections on city light

    Comcast Center: reflections on city light

    Frequent Eyes on the Street photo contributor, Steve Ives (aka phillytrax), shared his observations about the Comcast Center’s bright reflections.

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    Under the Clothespin: Sneak Peek

    Under the Clothespin: Sneak Peek

    Artists Miriam Singer and Emilie Ledieu have been busy building Under the Clothespin, a whimsical cityscape mosaic, in the Centre Square subway entrance. Here’s a sneak peek at their soon-to-be-revealed project.

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