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In Transit
Editor’s Note: Theresa Stigale has been a workhorse contributor to the Hidden City Daily, shooting portraits of life on 52nd Street, Woodland Avenue and the Calle de Oro a.k.a. North Fifth Street to...
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5-Month-Old Shopping Center, Source Of Community Pride, Flooded After Water...
Screen capture from NBC10′s on-site coverageOn Saturday morning, 13 million gallons of water came rushing into five businesses of the Baker Shopping Center at Fox Street and Roberts Avenue, after an...
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On Vincent Kling, 1916–2013
In urban renewal black & white, even Dilworth Plaza looked spiffy; Vincent Kling’s plaza is flanked by his One Meridian Plaza (rear), Centre Square, and Penn Center buildings (right), as well as...
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What Shifting Trends In Academia Mean For University City
View to Lifted Lawn along Woodland Walk | Rendering courtesy of University of Pennsylvania and Bohlin Cywinski JacksonThe Philadelphia Real Estate Blog discusses a strengthening critique of the current...
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The Other Kahn
Albert Kahn’s Packard Motor Company Building: industrial prowess, architectural refinement | Photo: Bradley MauleAsk any architecturally inclined Philadelphian about Kahn and watch their hometown pride...
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Casino Applicant Makes Neighborhood A Promise—For A Price
About the authorStephen Currall recently received his BA in history from Arcadia University. Before beginning doctoral studies, he is pursuing his interest in local history, specifically just how...
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At Last, Foster’s Comcast Design Revealed
The 1,121′ Comcast Technology and Innovation Center, designed by Foster + Partners | Image via NBC PhiladelphiaComcast, Philadelphia’s largest corporation and the largest mass media and communications...
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Functional And Striking, Bike Racks Coming To Center City This Summer
“Bird,” designed by Kathleen Frugé-Brown 2013The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and the Office of Arts, Cultural and the Creative Economy have chosen eight finalists from last summer’s bike...
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What’s In A Name: Clark Park
Ed. note: This essay was originally published Sunday on Bradley Peniston’s web site, NavyBook.com.Trolley’s comin’ – entrance to Clark Park at 43rd & Baltimore | Photo: Bradley MauleIf West Philly...
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Martha Mayer Erlebacher, “Just In” At The Woodmere
“Titled ‘Self Portrait,’ this 1989 oil on canvas, 17” x 13” piece by Martha Mayer Erlebacher was a gift to Woodmere Art Museum from Frances and Robert Kohler in 2004.”Chestnut Hill Local considers the...
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Another Historic Property To Meet Its Maker
Not big enough, gotta go | Photo: Christopher MoteNewer and taller is the big development trend in Logan Square, with a 14-story apartment building under construction at 19th and Arch Streets and now...
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Talking CITC, Process, With Liberty Property’s John Gattuso
Philly Skyline, CITC enhanced, from the Art Museum | Rendering by Foster + Partners, courtesy of Liberty Property TrustPhiladelphia’s soon-to-be new tallest tower is settling in to all the usual...
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Fundraising Sources Within Sight For Phase 1 Of Rail Park
About the authorStephen Currall recently received his BA in history from Arcadia University. Before beginning doctoral studies, he is pursuing his interest in local history, specifically just how...
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Philly’s Pain, Raleigh’s Gain
Ascension of Our Lord Parish | Photo: Bradley MauleWhat two shuttered Philadelphia Catholic churches are losing, a new cathedral in Raleigh, NC stands to gain.Forty-two stained glass windows have been...
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New Book Celebrates Germantown Avenue Congregations
Finding brand new life for an old funeral parlor on Germantown Avenue | Photo: Edd ConboyWe often forget that in cities, flux is the reigning constant. Individual properties, blocks, neighborhoods, and...
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Bill Seeks For Philly To “Lead The Way” In Preventing Future Warehouse Fires
About the authorStephen Currall recently received his BA in history from Arcadia University. Before beginning doctoral studies, he is pursuing his interest in local history, specifically just how...
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Pedestrian Streets: Past, Present, and Future Footways
Primary Entrances of Pedestrian Alley Dwellings, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Image via Housing Conditions in Philadelphia, Emily W. Dinwiddie, Philadelphia, 1904.Editor’s Note:This is the first of a...
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Local Casino Chairmen Say Second License Would Be Self-Defeating
Neil Bluhm | Photo: Michael Bryant, for The InquirerSugarHouse Casino chairman Neil Bluhm flew in from Chicago, reports The Inquirer, in order to testify in front of the state Gaming Control Board that...
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Farewell To Forrestal
Carrier town: USS Forrestal (left) and USS JFK | Photo: Bradley MauleFor all the progress and promise at the Navy Yard, of Urbn empire and modern pharma, of Butterscotch Krimpets and a subway extension...
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City Seal Statue To Be Repurposed For Bella Vista’s Cianfrani Park
About the authorStephen Currall recently received his BA in history from Arcadia University. Before beginning doctoral studies, he is pursuing his interest in local history, specifically just how...
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