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Architecture & Design

Roofer Rob Nolfi applies a reflective topping on a rehabbed roof in North Philadelphia. Cool roofs help keep temperatures down when the city heats up. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
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Community
PlanPhilly

A hotter topic: Building heat resilience into multifamily housing

Affordable multifamily housing is the most vulnerable building sector when it comes to extreme weather, and its residents have fewer resources.

7 years ago

An artist's rendering of plans to convert 1.8 million square feet of an unused portion of a Wilmington AstraZeneca site into a mixed-use community. (Della Donne & Associates)
Community

Developer proposes multi-use community for AstraZeneca site in Wilmington

Della Donne & Associates plans to convert 1.8 million square feet into a community of office spaces, luxury apartments, a hotel, restaurants, and shops.

7 years ago

The statue of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo drips with egg  in this August 2017 file photo. Last summer, the statue was increasingly the target of vandals and protesters who see it as a symbol of racism. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Rizzo statue to move in 2 to 3 years, Kenney says

Mayor wants move to coincide with a renovation of Thomas Paine Plaza, just across from City Hall where the statue stands.

7 years ago

Built in the style of a Greek temple, Atlantic City's monument to the men who served in World War I was erected in 1922.
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Community

Monument stands sentry for Atlantic City, guards childhood memories

The names of battles in which Atlantic City men fought are carved in the top along with medallions of the armed forces.

7 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The state of art galleries is changing in Philly’s Old City

7 years ago

A historical marker on 33rd Street identifies the home of jazz great John Coltrane, but the house itself stands vacant and neglected.
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

A jazz legend’s Philadelphia home fading away

John Coltrane's vacant house on North 33rd Street is deteriorating but still bears marks of the composer's achievement.

7 years ago

Keyana Lane, 24, (foreground) and Dyrek Davis, 20, learn the art of historic preservation while restoring the deteriorating masonry at Eastern State Penitentiary.
Community

Young masons breathe new life into work of preserving Eastern State Penitentiary

Working with small trowels and brushes, the Philadelphia volunteers are restoring the mortar with a mix of lime and sand — materials used when 19th-century prison was built.

7 years ago

A place has been prepared in the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia for Saint Katharine Drexel, whose shrine will be removed from the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Bensalem.
Community

St. Katharine Drexel’s tomb moving to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

The new location on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will be open to the public in September once construction in complete.

7 years ago

Listen 1:47
An aerial view of Society Hill.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A master plan for Society Hill proposes new design guidelines — and downzoning

It aims to protect the vision of Edmund Bacon, the master planner who transformed the neighborhood into one of Philly's wealthiest during the urban-renewal era of '50s-'60s.

7 years ago

Heidi Segall Levi of Community Design Collaborative (right) and Rachel Hildebrandt of Partners for Sacred Places talk about potential uses for the main sanctuary in Wharton-Wesley United Methodist Church.
Community

Organizations with deep community roots on mission to strengthen Philadelphia

Put together the needs and the assets on either side of the walls of the sacred properties, and you see a whole new necessity – and possibility.

7 years ago

Wharton-Wesley United Methodist Church in Southwest Philadelphia has been selected as a prototype for Infill Philadelphia's Sacred Places/Civic Spaces design challenge.
Community

From sacred to civic, new life for old Philly churches

Philadelphia has seen its share of old church buildings neglected and even torn down, but a new collaboration seeks to transform them into community assets.

7 years ago

Listen 5:59
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Race + Design: Weaving stories, empathy, and empirical observation to create inclusive spaces

7 years ago

Work continues at the Rail Park, Thursday June 7, 2018 in Philadelphia. The quarter-mile-long Rail Park is scheduled to open to visitors Thursday June 14, the first phase of a park that supporters hope will eventually span 3 miles through the center of Philadelphia via former Reading Railroad tunnels, rail cuts and elevated platforms. The end result would be about twice the length and width of New York's High Line.(AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Radio Times
Urban Planning

The past, present, and future of Philadelphia parks and architecture

Guests: Kevin Dow, Inga Saffron, David Brownlee A portion of the new Reading Viaduct Rail Park opens today – it ...

Air Date: June 14, 2018 10:00 am

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(Photo courtesy of Chandra Lampreich)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

The allure and dangers of exploring Philly’s decaying beauty

Philadelphia reveals itself to residents and visitors who seek out all that makes the city unique. Photographer Chandra Lampreich is amo ...

7 years ago

Listen 4:23
Johnny Doc
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Union leader, administration officials blast construction tax

Senior Kenney administration officials and powerful union leader John Dougherty were emphatic Wednesday about their opposition to a proposed 1 percent tax on construction.

7 years ago

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