Will the Historical Commission grant Penn permission to demolish a designated building at 40th and Pine on Friday? Penn is making the case for a preservation hardship that is complicated by interrelated zoning and historic preservation issues, and delicate relations with its West Philly neighbors.
April 16-20: Tom Finkelpearl | Homeowner Workshops | Archaeology in Philly | Urban Heat Islands | Lower Schuylkill Master Plan open houses
2.0 University Place breaks ground | mending Roxborough Victorians | Philly’s urban revival and reform roadblocks | Nutter on violence, race, and healing cities
Small-scale development company wins Preservation Alliance awards
When Power House Development started work at 1824 Diamond St. the company did not know the property was part of the Diamond Street Historic District. The careful infill project earned Power House one of its two Preservation Achievement Awards this year.
April 9-13: Friends of Race Street Pier, Philadelphia’s immigration history, historic windows and masonry repairs, urban biking 101
Preserve Philadelphia transformed
The Preservation Alliance launched a new version of PreservePhiladelphia.org this week, bringing more maps, resources, and technical information about Philly preservation to our fingertips.
Saving Cruiser Olympia and SS United States | Philly papers sell, new owners pledge noninterference | safe cycling and driving law | Preservation Achievement Awards | Sunoco buyers
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Building to be reused as Police Command Center
In his budget address Mayor Nutter announced the city’s intent to reuse the former Provident Mutual Life Insurance building at 4601 Market as the new command center for the Philadelphia Police Department. Will this incredible building finally get a new lease on life? Eyes on the Street walked the property inside and out.
Patching 19th Street Baptist Church to buy time for its future
Volunteers are patching the holes in Point Breeze’s crumbling 19th Street Baptist Church, a Frank Furness-designed church in dire shape, working against the clock and the elements to save the building before it’s too far gone.
‘The Streets of Philadelphia’ mural gets reprieve
A WPA-era mural in the Spring Garden Post Office was listed on last year’s Endangered Properties List by the Preservation Alliance. But the post office is no longer slated to close, giving the mural a new lease on life too.
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