Architecture & Design

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Renovation and restoration work is expected to begin early next year.

The property is part of the Plymouth Meeting Historic District, established almost 50 years ago, and the buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Guest; Harris Steinberg, Paul Steinke, Leo Addimando Philadelphia has a lot of old buildings–68% of them we ...

In urban spaces all over the world, pedestrians traverse their cities’ neighborhoods, with the goal of living by the standards set by urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs.