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On Market East, an unusual fight in old battle pitting preservation against progress
By Ashley Hahn Market Street east of City Hall was one of Philly’s great shopping streets. After years of decline, the…
Spotted: Philly gets its own sticky-note 'subway therapy' just before Inauguration Day
Just like in the New York City subway, sticky-note messages have started to accumulate on a tile wall in the…
Unanswered NID/TIF questions for hotel project at 15th and Chestnut
Neighborhood Improvement Districts (NID) typically assess an additional fee for income-producing properties in particular areas to pay for special services. Does…
Building Stories: President's House
For our spring series Building Stories, we're bringing you design postcards from around the city. We're asking Philadelphia architects to take us…
East Market Street requires redesign
With millions of dollars being invested along Market Street east of City Hall, and a high incidence of pedestrians being struck…
Walking Market Street with Jan Gehl
Cities should be for everyone. Cities should make people healthy and happy. Cities should be designed to respond to human nature…
SPOTTED: LOVE, across the street
Construction is beginning at JFK Plaza/LOVE Park, but that doesn’t mean the public can’t appreciate the park’s beloved namesake sculpture. Last…
Back to the Future: Open Streets in Philly, 1971
During a segment on Marty Moss-Coane’s Radio Times show in October about the Open Streets Philly campaign*, a woman called in…
On the Road to Damascus: City cycling conversions possible this week
It was on the road to Damascus where Saul of Tarsus, on his way to persecute Christians, had his sudden conversion…
City Hall surroundings need a guiding design vision
“Once you get renewal started it spreads out like a fan and benefits much greater sections of the city…” Those words,…
The Boyd's Demise and the Philadelphia Demolition Commission
As wrecking crews reduce Boyd Theatre's once-grand auditorium to rubble, Community Contributor Michael Bencik offers this rumination on the Boyd's demise…
Speaking for the Saucer
Community Contributor Libbie Hawes, a preservationist and steering committee member of the Young Friends of the Preservation Alliance, makes the…
LOVE Park's enduring magnetism
Community Contributor Bob Bruhin sees LOVE Park as Philly's funky common ground - a perspective he's especially come to appreciate photographing…
Commuter Tunnel at 30: Legacy and Potential
Community Contributors Richard Voith and Peter Angelides of Econsult Solutions consider the legacy of the Commuter Rail Tunnel, which turned 30…
Build new LOVE upon old strengths
Think of classic Philly views and your mind will likely leap to that mile-long vista from Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture down…
Ideas for the new LOVE Park
I spent much of Wednesday in LOVE Park while staffers from PennPraxis, Parks and Rec, and Fairmount Park Conservancy collected ideas…
Dilworth reopens refined: solid, smooth, and splashy
I recently heard an architect describe the old Dilworth Plaza as optimistic. Vincent Kling’s design, he said, was perhaps overly charitable…
Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk preview
The new Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk isn’t fancy, but it’s the sort of urban gesture that changes your view of a city.…
Pop-up lessons in adaptation and magic
Philly has taken the pop-up bait hook, line and sinker. Or maybe hammock, lantern, and shipping container. We’re hopelessly into these…
Spotted: 10 Dilworth Details
Last week I hopped on an AIA-organized hardhat tour of the construction site that will soon be known as Dilworth Park,…
