Inside the Rodin Museum a three year, phased conservation project almost finished. Here’s what’s been going on behind the Museum’s closed doors since last fall.
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Vacant property disposition issues | Greensgrow lessons | overtaking Bodine Street | thousands protest school outsourcing plan | Night Market NoLibs
From Above: Building the Parkway and Art Museum, 1920 and 1921
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.
Budget woes for Philly parks, PA schools | urban bird strikes | Francisville wants condos | Live Arts lineup
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
LGBT senior housing supported at Council | Buck owners enter tax payment agreement | homeless census | life as a ‘body man’ | surface parking woe | Sixers soul
Barnes Materials: extraordinary textures
I took a spin through the new Barnes yesterday, taking a close look at the extraordinary materials and finishes that adorn Tod Williams and Billie Tsien’s design. Here’s what I saw. [slideshow]
St. Peter’s Church roof at risk of collapse
St. Peter’s Church sanctuary is in danger of collapse due to unstable roof trusses.
Chinatown bike lane to go sharrow, meetings 5/22 and 5/23
The 10th Street bike lane will likely be removed through Chinatown. In its stead, the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities says a sharrow will be used from Vine to Filbert.
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