Amid Feeding Ban, A Comprehensive Census Counts Philly’s Homeless
A new census reveals the extent of the city's homelessness problem, St. Peter's Church to close for renovations, the original intent of the Parkway explored, and the original proprietor of the Jazzhaus to return for one night > more
Tiny Windows!
At Broad and Dauphin, a corner dollhouse that defied--and still defies--convention > more
A “Sparkling” Rodin Museum Readies For Reopening After Restoration
Changes at the museum housing the French sculptor's work, an advocacy group critiques the Central Delaware Master Plan, artist James Turrell's work in the forthcoming Chesnut Hill meetinghouse has everyone talking, white-flight in reverse, and info for Society Hill homes tour > more
The New Barnes As Gesamtkunstwerk–Total Art
New York Mag's preview of the Barnes, beautifying the favela that is Logan, plans for a comprehensive factory conversion in Kensington, and another take on the reuse imperative > more
Your Friendly Neighborhood Music Venue: More Than A Harbinger
How a thoughtful music venue can turn around a neighborhood, photos of the demolition of Mt. Olive AME Church in G-Ho, the promises and woes of banks' "short" sales, and shrinking visions for one Delaware waterfront tower > more
In Praise Of Sister Cities
A game-changing installation on Logan Square becomes an effective hinge between Center City and the Parkway and a powerful argument for enlivening our public spaces > more
Restoring Shoemaker Junior High
An inclusive look at the past century of Philadelphia's school system, capturing the Kensington tale through beauty, hospital construction work underway in Fox Chase, and new Quaker meetinghouse in Chestnut Hill to break ground tomorrow > more
Historical Commission Okays Demo of Sloan Mansion
Strange days at the Historical Commission, as the University of Pennsylvania claims financial hardship in order to tear down a protected building that's on the Philadelphia Historic Building Register > more
Even Slums In The City Of The Dead
Ethan Wallace discovers that even cities of the dead have separatist enclaves, ethnically and racially diverse neighborhoods, elite suburbs, and yes, slums > more
Power Struggle In Norris Square Over Plans For St. Boniface Site
"Fear" & "intimidation" in Norris Square development talks, Penn applies for financial hardship at 40th & Pine, PHA waiting to learn Germantown cemetery archeology results, and an update on the feeding ban on the Parkway > more
Mantua’s Westview Plaza: A Supermarket—And Asphalt
Plans for a West Philadelphia shopping center have a few houses in the way, a big donation for Philadelphia University, Norris Apartments to open today, and Philly's international clout ranked > more
In Port Richmond, Twin Studios For Father And Daughter Sculptors
In our inaugural feature of live-work spaces across the city--and how their users live and work in them--Theresa Stigale visits noted sculptor EvAngelos Furdakis just before he is to receive the sculpture world's highest honor and his daughter, the sculptor Jennifer Furdakis in their Port Richmond studios > more
A (Grapefruit) Tree Grows In Kensington
Ariel Diliberto visits the garden and greenhouse of Manny Rivera, fervent nexus of evolving vacant land policy, immigrant culture, and urban farming, to ask what will become of such personal--and monumental--efforts when city laws change? > more
Neon’s Alive
We're nuts about vintage neon. The modern and retro stuff, not so much until we saw Rob Lybeck's photo essay on neon signs around town > more
At PHA’s New Norris Apartments, Weighing The Costs And Benefits Of Green
Sustainability is transforming public housing in ways that aren't obvious, argues Jacob Hellman. At the new Norris Apartments in North Philly, he finds a project green from the inside out. But can green goals justify ballooning construction budgets? > more
Oh Boyd!
As of this month, the Boyd Theater has been closed for 10 years. It's not much of a showstopper on the outside, but the interior is another story and we've got the pictures to prove it > more
A Hale In Purgatory
The Shadow Knows more than you ever thought possible on one of the last two remaining buildings near Rittenhouse Square by architect of extravagance Willis G. Hale--this one threatened by damaging alterations and lack of legal protection > more
New On The Market
The urban farmers market movement a decade old, Angela Taurino gives us tour of what's new this year at Philadelphia's markets--new locations in Mt. Airy, South Philadelphia, Norris Square, and at the Porch at 30th Street Station > more
On 40th Street, A Collision Of Interests
This afternoon the Philadelphia Historical Commission will vote on the University of Pennsylvania's request to demolish a protected building in West Philadelphia. In Part Two of our report on flaws in Philadelphia's system of historic preservation, we look at this complicated case, which shows how preservation goals can be trumped by the bottom line and powerful neighborhood groups > more
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