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Say goodbye to the 30th Street Station flip board; Jared Kushner & the Saudis

Guests: Inga Saffron, Mark Kuhn, Brendan Boyle, Mark Mazzetti Say goodbye to 30 ...

Air Date: December 11, 2018 10:00 am

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Wharton-Wesley United Methodist Church in Cobbs Creek reimagined a parking lot as green space (Wharton-Wesley United Methodist Church/Community Design Collaborative)
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Sacred spaces reimagined with preservation, Philly communities in mind

Food was a common thread connecting all three projects.

7 years ago

American conservationist Jeff Allen (center) directs Iraqi technicians laying mortar between ancient bricks at the site of Babylon. (Jane Arraf/NPR)
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In Iraq, a race to protect the crumbling bricks of ancient Babylon

"Babylon was the first city in history. We want to work here because we love this city."

7 years ago

German designer Dieter Rams speaks about the exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art surveying his career. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Birth of cool: 40-year retrospective of Dieter Rams’ product design at Philly art museum

If you’ve ever tried to imagine what a space-age bachelor pad might look like, this exhibition of his stereo equipment and modular furniture may come close.

7 years ago

Najaye Davis cleans signs after they are cut by a laser cutter. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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As Baltimore Avenue changes, new signs honor ‘current history’

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7 years ago

Point Breeze (Neal Santos, © National Trust for Historic Preservation)
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PlanPhilly

Bill to ban new 3-story homes in Point Breeze, Grays Ferry introduced by Councilman Johnson

The bill proposes updating zoning maps to reflect the development that currently exists in the neighborhood.

7 years ago

Workers prepare the Cherry Street Pier art and civic space for its grand opening Friday night, Oct. 12, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Cherry Street Pier debuts this weekend

After a $5 million makeover, the Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia opens as a public park.

7 years ago

Germantown Boys & Girls Club (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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PlanPhilly

Historic Germantown Boys and Girls Club spared wrecking ball

High atop the municipal building at 1515 Arch Street on Tuesday morning, the long battle over the future of the Germantown Boys and Girls Club appeared to end in détente.

7 years ago

Lead architect Lluka Lakuriqi, left, Tajar Domi, center and Bujar Gjoka of the Albanian American Association are seen outside of the historic Lower Dublin Academy in Northeast Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
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Community
PlanPhilly

A NE Philly school designed by a friend of Ben Franklin to be reborn as Albanian cultural center

It was a schoolhouse where Revolutionary-era leaders offered a "polite education" to young men in the then-new city of Philadelphia

7 years ago

FILE - In this April 1991 file photo, architect Robert Venturi poses in his office in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia, with a model of a new hall for the Philadelphia Orchestra in background. Venturi, who turned austere modern design on its ear, ushering in postmodern complexity with the dictum
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Community
PlanPhilly

Remembering Robert Venturi, Philadelphia architect who gave ‘more’

Robert Venturi, one of the most influential design minds of the 20th century, passed away on Tuesday, September 18 at the age of 93, after battling Alzheimer’s disease.

7 years ago

The Painted Bride building was denied historic designation, opening the door to a sale of the iconic Old City building. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Painted Bride denied historic status, removing roadblock to iconic building’s sale

The historical commission heard impassioned testimony from both sides of the fate of the storied Painted Bride.

7 years ago

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Hickman Temple AME Church, its facade reinforced and its doors open for its first Sunday service since April 2017. ( Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
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Hickman Temple AME celebrates a win in the effort to preserve its historic church

Observers of Philadelphia’s real estate scene know how this story usually goes.

7 years ago

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Construction is underway at the Cherry Street Pier. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Inside Cherry Street Pier’s $5 million remake

With less than a month and a half left until the scheduled opening of the renovated Cherry Street Pier on Oct. 12, the 99-year-old structure on the Delaware River waterfront.

7 years ago

A rendering of the Erdy McHenry Architecture-designed tower proposed by Parkway Corp. for 709 Chestnut St. (Courtesy of Parkway Corp./Erdy McHenry Architecture)
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PlanPhilly

Favored to rise at 709 Chestnut St.: A 27-story condo tower

A condo tower proposed for 709 Chestnut St. received glowing reviews from the Civic Design Review Committee and the city’s Planning Commission staff at a presentation.

7 years ago

The visitors center at Love Park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Taking ‘panes’ to overhaul Philly visitors center in LOVE Park

The challenge of installing windows in the circular visitors center has delayed its expected reopening until spring.

7 years ago

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