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From Eyes on the Street: Rodin Museum Rejuvenation

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.

 

PennPraxis celebrates 10th season with session on its future direction

A panel of experts and the audience - which was also filled with accomplished members of the design, planning and architecture communities - suggested that Praxis tackle some of the thorniest issues facing the city, nation and world today. A repeated theme: Fix our public schools.

Look Up! Thomas Ustick Walter's classical columns

Recent fires recall the lasting legacy of one of Philadelphia's great architects.

Update: Commonwealth Court upholds Dilworth House appeal

The court agreed with Concerned Citizens in Opposition to the Dilworth Development Proposal, the Society Hill Civic Association and Donald and Barbara Haviland that the Zoning Board of Adjustment erred in granting the requested variance and unfairly limited the scope of the hearings.

Fire destroys Trumbauer-designed Main Line mansion

The country-style estate was built at the height of the architect's career and was one of Villanova's historic homes.

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Terra cotta woman
Moderne doors
Apts detail
Crafts apt
Limestone bird
Gothic mix
Furness entrance
Flying gargolyle
Classical woman
Stained glass mix
Garrett-Dunn House destroyed
SugarHouse excavation
Looking for a British Fort

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Trust hopes to preserve waterfront history

Present Events

Architectural Walking Tour: South of South
May 26, 2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Architectural Walking Tour: Littlest Streets East of Broad
May 26, 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Architectural Walking Tour: Avenue of the Arts
May 27, 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Architectural Walking Tour: Old City
May 30, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Past Events

Architectural Walking Tour: Littlest Streets East of Broad
May 26, 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Architectural Walking Tour: South of South
May 26, 2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Laurel Hill: The Hot Spots and Storied Plots
May 25, 2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
GET CONNECTED WITH MURALAB
May 24, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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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.

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