Spend this week learning about misfits and heroes of modern design in Philly, the passive design planned for Ridge Flats, and see a deindustrialization documentary:
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.
April 30-May4: Philadelphia Modernism | Ridge Flats @ DAG | ‘Reclaiming the Rust Belt’
Stabilizing Pier 9 | Dilworth Plaza demo update | San Mateo Carnavalero | Barnes move madness | cheesesteak opera
Grassroots movement advocates to restore baseball tradition in West Parkside
In the 1930s and 1940s, baseball was played at the 44th and Parkside ballpark, where the Philadelphia Stars, affiliated with the Negro League, began a legacy that community organizers are attempting to restore for future generations. Connor Showalter and Jade McKenzie take a closer look for Philadelphia Neighborhoods .
Sealing vacants | Sink City revisited | Nutter signs open data order | 48 SEPTA workers win Powerball | Hidden City festival
Tire slasher arrested | School District leadership | reinforcing Lincoln Drive | Strip revival | Nugent Home reuse
Primary outcomes | understanding the Lazaretto | dirty air | preserving Cecil B. Moore’s name | Delaware River dredging funds | Divine Lorraine sealed | free lunch
Vote today | 40 schools could close 2013 | I-95 alternatives study | Sunoco talks with Carlyle | Thomas U. Walter’s classics
Combatting Philly’s ‘culture of neglect’ | Violations at Jefferson Lofts | Hotel Indigo coming to Chestnut | Episcopal Cathedral claims hardship | Farewell Dick Clark
April 16-20: Tom Finkelpearl | Homeowner Workshops | Archaeology in Philly | Urban Heat Islands | Lower Schuylkill Master Plan open houses
Catholic church closings | affordable LGBT senior housing | disciplinary discrepancies for black students | vigil for fallen firefighters | PHS Pops-Up honored
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