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Architecture & Design

A building in Old City partially collapsed Friday morning. (6ABC)
Community

Heavy rains trigger partial building collapse in Old City

The collapse sent bricks and other debris crashing down onto a parked car and caved in a nearby manhole.

4 years ago

Looking east toward City Hall from Eakins Oval.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly selects finalists to plan pedestrian-friendly revamp of Ben Franklin Parkway

Three firms chosen from more than a dozen responding to a March request for proposals will move forward with a public engagement process for the redesign.

4 years ago

A suspended stairway leads to the Williams Forum
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Philadelphia Art Museum’s new Gehry renovations: 7 things you might not know

A ghost train station, a big sustainability boost, and a new skylight above the steps.

4 years ago

Phragmites (Courtesy of the Schuylkill Center)
Arts & Entertainment

Iraq veterans and Iraqi immigrants build a traditional house of reeds in Philadelphia

Veterans and immigrants build a traditional Iraqi house of reeds in a nature preserve in Roxborough.

4 years ago

Preschoolers in Rwanda look at the books created for them by String Theory School students in Philadelphia. (Provided by String Theory Schools)
Education

Rwandan preschoolers receive customized picture books, designed by Philly teenagers

Rwanda lacks picture books for kids. A Philly high school design class made one just for them.

4 years ago

Artist renderings show plans for the redevelopment of the east side of the Wilmington Riverfront along the Christina River. (courtesy Friends of Riverfront Wilmington)
Urban Planning

$100 million overhaul planned for Wilmington’s ‘other’ riverfront

Delaware leaders hope to mirror the success of the Wilmington Riverfront with a massive development plan for the other side of the Christina River.

4 years ago

William Valerio, director of the Woodmere Art Museum sits in the Rose Room at St. Michael Hall, envisioning the room as a performance venue. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

A grand Chestnut Hill home-turned-convent could become part of the Woodmere

The Sisters of St. Joseph would prefer that the next owner be the museum, just a stone’s throw away, if it can raise the money to acquire the property.

4 years ago

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Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Councilmember Jamie Gauthier opposes 48th and Chester ‘poop building’

Councilmember Jamie Gauthier released a statement opposing plans for a proposed West Philly apartment building that had sparked controversial research.

4 years ago

The exterior of St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church
PlanPhilly
Community

As Tacony mourns St. Leo’s after fire, parishioners hope to find buried time capsule

One day after a fire destroyed the historic Northeast Philadelphia church, Tacony residents are hunting memories long ago buried in the building.

4 years ago

Redesigned Lenfest Hall at the Philadelphia Museum of Art West Entrance opens onto a soaring event space and new galleries. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Art Museum renovation changes the building, and perspectives

This weekend, the Philadelphia Museum of Art unveils its “Core Project,” a major renovation project four years in the making.

4 years ago

A rendering of the proposed Third and Walnut St. hotel approved by the Philadelphia Historical Commission. (Ambit architecture)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Society Hill hotel tower that sparked backlash moves ahead

The final iteration of the hotel project would replace a large single-family dwelling from the 1990s near 3rd and Walnut streets.

4 years ago

Vishaan Chakrabarti
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The architect behind Schuylkill Yards’ big, red tower wants you to believe in Philly

PAU founder Vishaan Chakrabarti on how Philadelphia can rebound from the pandemic and emerge with a more equitable and ecological way of life.

4 years ago

Marshall Allen at the Sun Ra House
Arts & Entertainment

Jazz legend, after house partially collapses, gets help from philanthropist, neighbors

The bottom literally fell out from the terrestrial headquarters of the intergalactic jazz ensemble. Ninety-six-year-old bandleader Marshall Allen lives inside.

4 years ago

Listen 2:11
Dyresha Harris
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Center for Architecture gives awards for urban design psychiatry, ideas for PES site renewal

The Center for Architecture and Design in Philadelphia honors Mindy Fullilove, while pondering how to remediate the PES refinery site.

4 years ago

It is the job of futurists to think about what the future holds. We can use those skills in our lives too. (Zyabich / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Science

How we can change the future

It is the job of futurists to think about what the future holds. We can use those skills in our lives too.

4 years ago

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