Tucked away in the quiet third-floor archives of the William Way LGBT Community Center, there’s a nearly 50-year-old leather-bound folder.. The dozens of index cards inside are a window to a different ...

“Modernism” is not a term that immediately leaps to mind when considering Philadelphia. Yet from the PSFS building—the nation’s first International Style skyscraper—to environment-altering ...

New York-based artist Jake Berman wants cities to start examining ways to bring their public transit systems into the future—by looking at the past. And for Philly, that means an oft-forgotten ...

The building would include a cafe and 64 rooms. A 14-story high rise with a hotel, café, and upstairs lounge may soon be coming to North 15th Street, just behind the Metropolitan building, and steps ...

The past few years have seen a development boom—albeit kind of quiet—along the banks of the Schuylkill River. From projects surrounding Bartram’s Garden, and the bike trails, to apartments going up in ...

Approval from the CDR marks a significant moment for the project, which has seen a number of iterations and phases—including changes to height and number of residential units—after it was first ...

This quaint town is about 1.5 hours from Philly, and has become popular as a so-called “gateway to the Poconos.” Named after the Native American sports legend who is buried there, hikers and ...

Louis Kahn was a man of many talents: a gifted artist. A playful pianist. And in the words of Philip Johnson, one of the most influential and “beloved architects of all time.” Frank Gehry, speaking ...

The Docks . At about the same time as the City Tower concept, Kahn also envisioned a downtown Philadelphia designed for pedestrians. Vehicles, he envisioned, could be parked in large, “architecture of ...

Best makeover. After 15 months and $80 million in renovations, the University of Pennsylvania opened its doors once again to the Hill College House, designed by modern architect Eero Saarinen in 1958.

Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School just broke ground on a $40 million, seven-acre campus in Tioga. Renderings by Blackney Hayes Architects An abandoned warehouse and an adjacent vacant lot in North ...

It’s really happening: Drexel University and Brandywine Realty Trust just broke ground on their ambitious $3.5 billion Schuylkill Yards project, about 18 months after they first announced their plans ...