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Architecture & Design

People broke windows on historic buildings and wrote angry messages  in the aftermath of peaceful protests of police brutality. (Bradley Maule for PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Why do we save white monuments and let Black history rot?

People damaged historic buildings in the aftermath of protest. Let’s not mourn. Instead, think about the values and stories we tell with our architecture.

9 months ago

A view of the Philadelphia skyline from the 52nd Street station on the Market-Frankford elevated line in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Coronavirus is pulling us 6 feet apart. Philly’s magnetism will bring us together again.

An urban planner reflects on how Philadelphia’s street design, transit and neighborhoods could change as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

9 months ago

(Duntrune Studios/BigStock)
PlanPhilly
Health
Eyes on the Street

How a pandemic inspired your bathroom

Before COVID-19, the 1918 pandemic changed our world and with it, home design. This is how a century-old pandemic inspired the modern bathroom.

11 months ago

Playground designer Meghan Talarowski took this picture of her post-pandemic workspace, shared with her husband and two children (Meghan Talarowski)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Designing at a distance: Coronavirus is changing how Philly architects work

In Philadelphia, designers are responding to the coronavirus pandemic with new ideas — and urgent questions about engaging with community while public life is on hold.

11 months ago

A rendering of MSB by Kling Architects (Phillyhistory.org)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

How the Municipal Services Building became Philly’s most polarizing government tower

The Brutalist structure was once considered revolutionary.

11 months ago

Pedestrians in protective face mask walk past a closed business in Philadelphia, Friday, March 20, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community

DIYers and fashion designers in Philly region sew face masks for health care workers

Facing a shortage of face masks, health care workers go to DIYers and designers for help. Philadelphia launches task force to set mask-making standards.

11 months ago

The mobile 'Ghost' by Alexander Calder hangs in the Great Stair Hall of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

New showcase for the work of sculptor Alexander Calder is making its way to the Parkway

A future “sanctuary” on Philadelphia’s Parkway will be devoted to the famed mobile artist and his artistic family.

1 year ago

Martin Luther King Jr. stayed in the back bedroom of this house (left) on Walnut Street in Camden, according to the owner who inherited the property from her father-in-law. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Time running out to save historic ‘MLK House’ in Camden

That structure is now on the verge of collapse in the face of indecision by local and state officials.

1 year ago

The Trump Plaza Hotel Casino is illuminated at night, just two weeks before closing on Sept. 16, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans,file)
Urban Planning

Atlantic City mayor: Tear down ‘eyesore’ of ex-Trump casino

Atlantic City's mayor wants to demolish the former Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino.

1 year ago

Two curious passersby study the former Rittenhouse Coffee Shop building at 1904 Sansom Street in 2005. (Elston via Flickr)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Developer of Philly’s priciest condo to demolish and remake Rittenhouse landmark

The developer of the Laurel, Southern Land Company, will dismantle and painstakingly reconstruct a Rittenhouse landmark.

1 year ago

Historic Kensington bank building
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly urban growth and design trends we want to take into 2020

Philadelphia is changing rapidly. How can we design smarter, more equitably, and more beautifully to improve the quality of life of our city’s residents?

1 year ago

An artist's rendering shows an apartment complex planned for 2157 E. Lehigh Ave. Some in the neighborhood want the wall running alongside the development on Lehigh to be torn down.(DesignBlendz/B.S.K.M./PlanPhilly.)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

5 power moves changing Philly neighborhoods for 2020

PlanPhilly’s look back at 2019 focuses on changes in renter’s rights, preservation policy, and exclusionary planning.

1 year ago

A Philadelphia roof deck on a snowy morning (Katherine Urbaniak/Flickr)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Brian O’Neill’s bid to ban rooftop decks in Northeast Philly just got killed

Republican Councilmember Brian O’Neill lost his battle to ban all roof decks and limit the height of homes in his Far Northeast Philadelphia district.

1 year ago

Powelton Village (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

City Council is making it harder to demolish buildings in 6 historic Philly neighborhoods

A bill expected to pass City Council aims to stem demolitions of historic buildings.

1 year ago

Exterior of the Javits Center during the first day of New York Comic Con. New York City lawmakers are poised to adopt legislation requiring “bird-friendly” glass on all new construction. (Steve Luciano, File/AP Photo)
Urban Planning

NYC set to require ‘bird-friendly’ glass on new construction

NYC lawmakers are poised to adopt legislation requiring “bird-friendly” glass on all new construction to cut down on the thousands of birds who die flying into the buildings.

1 year ago

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