Ever wonder what the Parkway looked like in its earliest years? What the art museum looked like when it was under construction? Here’s an aerial peek from the 1920s.
History & Architecture
A city’s history plays a significant role in how we move through it, especially East Coast colonial cities such as Philadelphia. William Penn and Thomas Holmes’ grid framework for Center City Philadelphia still exists today and is in many ways Philadelphia’s most defining characteristic. Oftentimes new development projects will unearth pieces of history long forgotten, as was the case with the planned SugarHouse Casino and the Girard Avenue interchange of I-95. Keeping and commemorating our important historical moments helps inform future development and contributes additional character to a community.
LENS: Photographing Philadelphia from above
In 1919 the Aero Service Corp. started photographing Philadelphia from above. Eyes on the Street will be featuring selections from this archive in an ongoing series.
May 21-25: 10th Street bike lane/sharrow, electric city, human geography, and Night Market
- Tuesday and Wednesday: 10th Street Bike Lane Open Houses
- Wednesday: Electrifying Philadelphia @ Wagner Free Institute of Science
- Thursday: Human Geographies @ UArts
- Thursday: Night Market @ Northern Liberties
AVI’s Harrisburg hurdles | Barnes and civic identity | budget deadlines | lost South Philly | finding parks funding | protecting urban gardens
Vacant industrial puzzles | Hunting Park honored | beautiful Boyd | clearing wrongful L&I violations | Marina View redo
New L&I Commissioner | Northeast budget hearing | inside Huntingdon Yarn Mill | PRA seeks developers for Francisville parcel
May 4-6: Art Star at Race Street Pier | Physick Plant Sale | Broad Street Run | Overbrook Farms Open House
Local Groups Host Jane Jacobs Walks
The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia will host a Jane Jacobs Walking Tour around Washington Square on Saturday, May 5. The event is part of a national series of Jane Jacobs Walks in recognition of Jacobs’ May birthday and her contributions to urban development theory.
Small street love letter
Juliet Whelan finds plannerly lessons and delight in our city’s Trinities and the small streets they front in a piece for Metropolis POV.
DAGspace: Preservation Is Design
Architect and preservationist Kathy Dowdell argues in the latest DAGspace column that architectural design and historic preservation must be inseparable. And that’s how students should be taught too.
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