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“A Bit Of Las Vegas In The Quaker City” 27 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
A look at the architectural interplay at 12th & Market, GHo residents to get a committee on parking issues, Pearl Street to throw a block party, and the PWD offers a second “Rain Check”
One Riverside, One Classic Skyline View 26 Aug 2013 | 11:28 pm
As proposed, Dranoff Properties' One Riverside has raised a number of concerns, most notably how it will affect its nearest neighbors, the Schuylkill River Trail and Park and the community garden. Bra...
Privatize These City Lots! 26 Aug 2013 | 07:11 pm
Why privatizing Parking Authority and Redevelopment Authority lots should be our next focus, the Nutter administration’s mixed legacy on delinquency, and Awbury Arboretum to get support
Window Gazing 24 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Looking through a lens and peering into a window have more than a bit in common. There is a frame, glass, a scene--no wonder many photographers are drawn to them, including Hidden City Daily co-editor...
Imagining The House That Was Here In Point Breeze 23 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
In ever changing Point Breeze, a temporary art installation looks to its past in a vacant lot. Joseph Poteracki chats with Maria Möller about The House That Was Here
Fairmount Park, Forsaken Yet Not Abandoned 23 Aug 2013 | 07:37 pm
Exploring the reused wilds of the city’s vast park, some suggestions for One Riverside project, and University City’s Project Rehab improving the real estate market
Time Running Out At St. Bonaventure 23 Aug 2013 | 07:09 pm
L&I issues a demolition notice to the long threatened but monumental church in Fairhill. Is a positive resolution possible? Christopher Mote investigates
As Infill Row House Projects Abound, A Designer Weighs The Issues 22 Aug 2013 | 11:29 pm
Bloated, super-sized row houses are the norm in new construction. Reviewing several new projects, Fátima Olivieri explores the design issues and the causes underlying this trend
Nutter & Clarke Offer Paths To $50 Million For Schools 22 Aug 2013 | 08:39 pm
Risky plans for school money, students mourn the death of a school building in Fairhill, Kensington’s blight fight has people noticing, lowering expectations for righting the wrongs of June’s building...
Benjamin Franklin Museum Opens This Weekend, Free Of Its Old Quirks 22 Aug 2013 | 02:17 am
The brand new Benjamin Franklin Museum opens on Saturday. Bicentennial baby Brad Maule finds the charm of its predecessor missing from the sleek new museum
