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Architecture & Design

Architectural rendering of the apartment building proposal for the Painted Bride site from Atrium Design Group (Courtesy of Atrium Design Group)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Isaiah Zagar’s Painted Bride mosaic could survive in new plan for Old City site

The latest plans to redevelop the Old City Painted Bride HQ include the iconic tilework, marking a departure from past plans to tear down the mosaic.

4 years ago

Julie Siglin looks at the sculptures displayed in Wharton Esherick's home studio
Arts & Entertainment

Tiny, hidden Wharton Esherick Museum gets $10M windfall

The tiny, hidden American Craft museum in a forest outside Malvern, Pa., has received a $10 million endowment gift from Windgate Foundation.

5 years ago

Rendering produced by RevitGods of the existing second-floor space of the former Philadelphia Inquirer Building. Now the Philadelphia Public Services Building. (Courtesy of RevitGods Inc.)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Philadelphia’s architecture industry needs to fix its diversity problems

RevitGods, Inc. CEO Uchenna Okere shares his personal experience in the architecture industry and how the field can bring in more women and people of color.

5 years ago

Abandoned homes owned by the PHA on the 2900 block of Westmont Street
Radio Times
Urban Planning

The future of housing

“The American Dream” used to mean a single family home and two car garage. But lifestyles, family units, and income levels have changed, and so should the definition of home.

Air Date: November 19, 2020

Listen 49:44
Rachel Adler (left) and Nicole Maximowicz take measurments before designing a wheelchair tray that will protect Ana's communication device
Radio Times
Urban Planning

Disability and design: Creating equitable spaces

COVID-19 has shown how our cities and spaces can fail to keep us healthy. But for the 15% of the population living with a disability, this awareness came before the pandemic.

Air Date: October 22, 2020

Listen 49:45
The exterior of the Painted Bride building
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Judge: Painted Bride can sell its building after all

A panel of state judges overturned an earlier decision allowing the Philly arts presenter to sell its building, which will destroy a major Isaiah Zagar mural.

5 years ago

A view of Society Hill taken from inside the Society Hill Towers.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

The critics are wrong about Society Hill’s zoning bills

Two rezoning bills aimed at preserving Society Hill will not have exclusionary impacts, writes Society Hill Civic Association President Larry Spector.

5 years ago

Durst plan for Penn's Landing
Urban Planning

76ers rejected: N.Y. developer Durst selected for Penn’s Landing site

The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation said it chose the Durst plan because of its compatibility with the master plan for the public waterfront.

5 years ago

St. Laurentius Church spires
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Up close with the spires of St. Laurentius, the Fishtown steeples slated for demolition

The soaring towers are a landmark in the rowhome neighborhood.

5 years ago

Robert Crossett
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘It felt like an earthquake’: South Philly rowhouse collapse crushes two cars

A spokesperson for L&I said that a dilapidated three-story rowhouse on Mercy Street was under construction at the time of the collapse.

5 years ago

The streets around St. Laurentius Church are blocked due to falling debris and slated demolition. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

St. Laurentius Church in Fishtown lives — Historical Commission delays demolition vote

A bitterly fought-over Fishtown icon will survive at least another month after heated debate over whether the crumbling landmark can be saved.

5 years ago

A Glaser-designed entrance at the former Franklin Mills Mall
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

A tour of iconic designer Milton Glaser’s Philadelphia legacy

The visual luminary, who died at 91, created the look of the Franklin Mills Mall and Sesame Place.

5 years ago

Frank Rizzo statue removed
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup: 06/08/2020

On this week's Regional Roundup: Pennsylvania primary election, the Frank Rizzo statue, Philly sports update.

Air Date: June 8, 2020

Listen 48:58
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.

5 years 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.

5 years ago

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