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Architecture & Design

Rendering of Wells Fargo Center exterior
Urban Planning

Wells Fargo Center adding LED screens, lights in final phase of transformation project

New LED screens, lighting, and canopies at the Wells Fargo Center will be completed by early 2024.

2 weeks ago

A view of the current Palace of Depression under construction.
Community

Vineland’s Palace of Depression is flourishing with the aid of volunteers

The Palace of Depression was built in 1932 out of one man’s imagination, but was destroyed in the 1960s. A decade later, a father and son worked to rebuild it.

4 weeks ago

Listen 4:42
19-year-old Saulih Khalifah
Community
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Philly teen carpenter apprentice helps transform Wells Fargo Center

19-year-old Saulih Khalifah, initially signed up for labor duties at the Wells Fargo Center, but found himself in the Carpenters' Apprentice Ready Program. More doors opened.

1 month ago

The photo shows a single wind turbine
Studio 2

I-95 Refill and Repave, Net Zero, Jane Wong’s “Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City”

Net zero by 2050 is the national goal. Can we achieve this? And what needs to change to stay on track? Also, we talk to the engineer who helped to refill I-95.

Air Date: June 21, 2023 12:00 pm

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Architectural rendering of 76 Place
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New renderings provide more detailed look at Sixers arena proposal for Center City

The renderings come while the city is in the process of evaluating the impact of 76 Place.

4 months ago

Listen 1:53
Established in 1871, Philadelphia Chinatown includes more than 40 locally designated historic properties
NPR
Urban Planning

Here’s the latest list of the ’11 Most Endangered Historic Places’ in the U.S.

The 2023 list includes a gas station, an artist studio and two Chinatowns.

5 months ago

The exterior of the
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia is moving closer to selling the Roundhouse. Residents say it shouldn’t be demolished

The city has said it would release a request for proposal sometime this year.

6 months ago

Looking up inside the dome at the N.J. Capitol building
Politics & Policy

$300M N.J. statehouse renovation wraps up as governor moves in

More than six years after the project was announced, the badly-needed renovations are almost entirely done.

6 months ago

Firefighters attempt to control the Camdem home that Dr. Martin Luther King spent time in.
Community
6abc

Owner of Martin Luther King Jr. house that burned in Camden vows to rebuild

Pastor Khan says Dr. King spent time at the New Jersey home from 1948 to 1951 while studying at the Crozer Theological Seminary.

7 months ago

The glass-enclosed-deck is shown at the Kimmel Center.
Arts & Entertainment

After his death, architect Viñoly still guides the future of the Kimmel Center

Rafael Viñoly, 78, died after a long and prolific design career. He still has a “voice in the future” of his concept for the Kimmel Center.

7 months ago

Life sized blooms that look like something out of a Dr. Seuss novel stand tall along the promenade at the 2023 Philadelphia Flower Show in the Pa. Convention Center
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

The Philadelphia Flower Show returns indoors for a show that’s out of this world

After two years in FDR Park, the exhibition is back at the Convention Center with a new spark.

7 months ago

A view of Philly skyline lit up in green.
Community
Billy Penn

Comcast Center expedites crown lights upgrade to turn Eagles green for the first time ever

For the first time, Philadelphia’s two tallest buildings have joined the tradition of lighting up in support of local sports teams, contributing to an emerald-studded horizon.

8 months ago

A view of the Roundhouse building.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Architectural marvel or symbol of police brutality? Former headquarters for Philadelphia police faces uncertain future

The Roundhouse served as police headquarters for nearly six decades. Now it’s going up for sale. And it’s unclear if it’ll be preserved or demolished.

8 months ago

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A row of screens are displayed in a gallery.
Arts & Entertainment

‘Bo Bardi-mania’: British artist Isaac Julien returns to Philly ‘entangled’ in a Brazilian architect

The British video artist returns to Philly with his second installation in a year, about the Brazilian modernist who transformed São Paulo.

8 months ago

A compilation of development projects happening in Philly
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

9 Philly development projects you’ll hear a lot about in 2023

Parkland, apartments, office towers — it’s all happening in Philadelphia this year.

9 months ago

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