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Preservation

Officials say a clown sign that has smiled on motorists at a now-demolished New Jersey drive-in for two-thirds of a century will be preserved. (Google image)
Down the Shore
Community

Iconic clown sign at now-demolished Shore drive-in to be preserved

Officials say a clown sign that has smiled on motorists at a now-demolished New Jersey drive-in for two-thirds of a century will be preserved.

4 years ago

The Christ Church weather vane and miter were gilded and replaced on top the steeple. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
View Finders
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Philadelphia’s Christ Church preserves historic steeple

Restoration is underway for the Christ Church steeple, one of the last remaining architectural structures from the colonial era in the country.

4 years ago

The Northern Savings Fund building at 6th and Spring Garden. (Courtesy Di Bruno Bros).
Community
Billy Penn

Historic Northern Savings Fund building is now a gorgeous Di Bruno catering space

The Frank Furness-designed bank on Spring Garden has new life as “Banca.”

4 years ago

Eastern State Penitentiary
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

History behind the walls: How Philadelphia’s most famous haunted house began

The grounds of Eastern State Penitentiary survived years of abandonment and bids for redevelopment. There’s just as much history as there is terror behind those walls.

4 years ago

Adrian Binkley, an student at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, has been surveying church pipe organs in churches outside Center City. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Hunting Philly neighborhoods for forgotten church pipe organs

The Philadelphia-based nonprofit Partners for Sacred Spaces is visiting churches in the city’s outlying neighborhoods to document forgotten pipe organs.

4 years ago

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PlanPhilly's Managing Editor, Ariella Cohen, introducing the panel. To her immediate left sits Paul Farber followed by Karyn Olivier, Ori Feibush and Faye Anderson. (Emily Gann/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Listen: Here’s what happened when a real estate developer, an artist, a historian and an activist got together to talk Philly preservation, displacement and culture

Listen to a live conversation between Philly developer Ori Feibush, Paul Farber of Monument Lab, preservationist Faye Anderson and artist Karyn Olivier.

4 years ago

Listen 65:21
Saint Francis de Sales Church in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Sacred battleground: Why the Philadelphia Archdiocese surrendered to preservationists

The Archdioceses of Philadelphia acknowledges that its position on preservation is no longer as oppositional as it once was.

4 years ago

The Church of the Advocate at 1801 W. Diamond St. (PHLCVB)
Community
Billy Penn

This historic North Philly church needs $7 million in repairs. Can its ‘mother tiger’ reverend find a way?

Things are so bad at the Church of the Advocate that the ceiling is literally falling down.

4 years ago

The Painted Bride Art Center in Old City (Google maps)
PlanPhilly
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Judge: Old City’s Painted Bride can’t be sold for condos

The Painted Bride Art Center can’t sell its Old City home because of the building’s “priceless” mural facade, designed by mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar.

4 years ago

The Royal Theater. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Eyes on the Street

7 ‘Green Book’ sites to discover in Philly

A guide to Philadelphia’s “Green Book” sites in South Philly and Center City that highlight the area’s black history during the Jim Crow era.

4 years ago

The Painted Bride Art Center is draped in black mesh since it was discovered that the Isaiah Zagar mural that covers it is separating from its walls. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Painted Bride goes to court to sell its distinctive building

In the final step to sell the structure, which will likely also mean destroying an Isaiah Zagar mosaic, the Bride faced pushback.

4 years ago

A new bill would legalize accessory dwelling units in historic buildings, like the Benezet Street houses pictured. (Carol Franklin/Chestnut Hill Conservancy and Historical Society)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia moves toward legalizing granny flats in historic buildings

A measure allowing these “accessory dwelling units” (ADUs) on historically designated properties won approval Tuesday from the city’s Planning Commission.

4 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Former Mayor John Street criticizes Kenney’s record on preservation; backs new PAC

5 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Historical Commission approves Ridge Avenue district

5 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

A cherished mural falls victim to Philadelphia redevelopment

5 years ago

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