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Architecture & Design

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Radio Times
Urban Planning

The hidden history of the suburbs

We might think that all suburbs are the same but a dive into the history of suburbia shows something more interesting than shopping malls and housing developments.

Air Date: August 2, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:04
Blue lights bathe the bathroom at a Center City Starbucks (Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
The Why
Community

Are blue lights a solution to Philly’s opioid epidemic?

Blue lights have been popping up around Philadelphia, even in some Starbucks bathrooms. Are the lights a solution to the opioid crisis or are they making it more dangerous?

Air Date: August 1, 2019

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Students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone in the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from Paris' Notre Dame cathedral. (Eleanor Beardsley/NPR)
NPR
Community

Notre Dame fire revives demand for skilled stone carvers in France

"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We're also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve."

2 years ago

A museum patron pauses at the west entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to look at
Arts & Entertainment

Two Philadelphia Art Museum sculptures are moving across town

Monumental sculptures at one of the entrances of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be removed to make room for building renovations by Frank Gehry.

2 years ago

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A flood abatement project in the Netherlands also aims to create a more attractive river landscape. It is one of 25 projects featured in the University of Pennsylvania's exhibit in tribute to landscape architect Ian McHarg. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Not over the hill: ‘Design With Nature,’ Ian McHarg’s landmark book of ecological design turns 50

The father of modern landscape design wrote the book that set the 1970s environmental movement on course.

2 years ago

Visitors gather on one of the cantilevered terraces at Fallingwater, a Frank Lloyd Wright design in Pennsylvania. Eight Wright buildings, including Fallingwater, were honored as World Heritage sites by UNESCO, on July 7, 2019. (Keith Srakocic/AP)
NPR
Community

UNESCO adds 8 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings to World Heritage List

The new additions to the list were announced in Baku, Azerbaijan at UNESCO's annual conference.

2 years ago

A view of the 2001 Beach Street development from the air  hickock cole and ISA Architects)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A thousand new homes are planned next to Graffiti Pier

The sprawling 1,100-unit project would include multifamily rental buildings at the western end of the site, followed by diverse array of single-family town homes

2 years ago

Grace Baptist Church of Germantown demolished their 38-year-old community center to make way for the Vision 20/20 project, a new 15,000 square foot energy-efficient building. (Samaria Bailey/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Urban Planning
The Philadelphia Tribune

Demolition marks big step in fulfilling promise at Grace Baptist

Grace Baptist Church of Germantown demolished its community center to make way for a new 15,000-square-foot, energy-efficient building to provide enhanced community services.

2 years ago

A rendering of the Arthaus tower planned for South Broad Street.(Kohn Pederson Fox Associates)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Kenney: Ultra-luxury tower rising on South Broad signals success of Philly’s tax abatement

A $250 million luxury tower is rising on South Broad Street. City officials were on hand to praise the new development, which benefited from the 10-year tax abatement.

2 years ago

ISA Principal architects Brian Phillips (right) and Deb Katz. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

These Philly architects want to build a house in your alley

As architects seek ways to squeeze housing into crowded Philly neighborhoods, they are turning to what ISA principal Brian Phillips calls the “leftover lots.”

2 years ago

A redesign of the Franklin Institute's Train Factory exhibit will create new curatorial space and provide a glimpse into the curatorial process. (Rendering courtesy of the Smith Group for the Franklin Institute)
Arts & Entertainment

The Franklin Institute will transform The Train Factory room into a showcase of historic invention

For some visitors who have enjoyed the Franklin Institute as kids and now as parents, the fact that there is a train exhibit featuring a 350-ton locomotive may be a surprise.

2 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 05/20/19

This week: N.J.'s new statute of limitations on sex abuse victims, Democratic candidate for Philadelphia Mayor Anthony Williams, Reading Terminal's pedestrian-friendly plan.

Air Date: May 20, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
As part of the city’s renewal project, architect I. M. Pei was brought in to design the Society Hill Towers. Each unit  was designed to have floor-to-ceiling windows along the exterior wall providing for a brilliant view of Philadelphia or the Delaware River. 
(Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
Urban Planning

I.M. Pei, architect who designed Louvre Pyramid, dies at 102

His designs added elegance to landscapes worldwide with their powerful geometric shapes and grand spaces.

2 years ago

Jewelers Row, one of the oldest diamond districts in America, is threatened by a plan to construct a 29-story residential tower. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Radio Times
Urban Planning

Changing city: How should Philly view its historical buildings?

As Philly grows, historical preservationists worry that the city is sacrificing its built heritage for the sake of development.

Air Date: May 9, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:47
A pedestrian threads his way through traffic at the intersection of Broad and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

Before congestion pricing, why Louis Kahn’s grand plan for Philly traffic failed

Philadelphia architect Louis "Lou" Kahn came up a grand design plan for cutting down on traffic congestion 60 years ago. Why wasn't it embraced?

Air Date: April 18, 2019

Listen 13:02
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