Little Park, Long View
Long anticipated Hawthorne Community Park, slated to open this spring, is a window on shifting priorities in urban development
View ArticleWith Sale, 1616 Walnut May Go Residential
The new owners of 1616 Walnut may opt for a overhaul of the iconic building, townhouses coming to Bella Vista, the Inky in for land banks, Chestnut Hill's Mico featured in GQ, and a new slogan for...
View ArticleLeft To The Archeologists
What's left of David Guinn's 2001 mural “Autumn (a.k.a Your House in the Forest)” at Ninth and Bainbridge is about to be lost for good
View ArticlePhilly’s “Urban Forest” To Be Studied
The U.S. Forest Service in awe of the city's urban tree canopy, David Guinn to get a second chance at Autumn in Bella Vista, Penn's Rotunda profiled, and neon-lit art on display
View ArticleMural Arts’ Jane Golden Adapts To Spate Of Threatened Murals
With development occurring in sometimes unexpected places, the Mural Arts Program recalibrates its thinking on mural placement. Peter Woodall has this and much more, in a revealing interview with the...
View ArticleThe “Philadelphia” Loft Reimagined
Tom Hanks' "Philadelphia" loft is reinvented by Oyster House owner Samuel Mink and his partner Anthony Padilla. Theresa Stigale has a photo tour
View ArticleAwaiting The Return Of (Guinn’s) Autumn
David Guinn's re-envisioning of "Autumn" on Catharine Street, the Constitution Center to delve into Prohibition, a look at Chestnut Hill College's expansion, and another water main break
View ArticlePhilly’s High-Speed Rail May Bypass 30th Street Station
Why the proposed high speed rail corridor may need to cut a new path beneath the city, a look at one of Philadelphia's contributions to America's arsenal of democracy, a parklet coming to Logan, and...
View ArticleOn Constitution Day, Penn Celebrates The Legacy Of Founding Father James Wilson
Honoring a Philly Founding Father, GHo water main pit filled, Frank Furness' legacy reclaimed, a pier-mystery on the Lower Schuylkill, and Bella Vista's second annual House Tour set for September 30
View ArticleCouncilman Johnson To Withdraw Support For Controversial Eastwick Apartment...
Korman's project fails to win over the community, anticipating the rise of North Broad and the Uptown, Farnese wants casinos to be properly vetted, banana gardening in Bella Vista, and uninspired...
View ArticleGoodbye, January Of Crowded Rooms
Cruel January took from my world two extraordinary people; an appreciation of them and their defiant urban spaces
View ArticleDeath By A Thousand Curb Cuts
Since he moved into the neighborhood in 1998, says Nathaniel Popkin, dozens of private garages, which act as a repellant to street life, have been built. Now two more near the corner of Eight and South...
View ArticleBody Count
Having failed once to stop a completely unjustifiable curb cut for a garage last month, Nathaniel Popkin has learned: forget principles of the new zoning code, the only thing that matters to the Zoning...
View ArticleChestnut Hill’s Venturi Masterpiece “Changed America”
PBS to feature the Modernist building in new documentary, Bella Vista residents fear the end of Triangle Park, divergent aspirations for Philly environmentalists and shale supporters, and the Croydon...
View ArticlePenn Treaty Educational Institute To Chronicle The Riverwards’ Layered History
Penn Treaty Museum to get its own place, “Fading Ads of Philadelphia” author to speak at Atwater Kent, new report aims for safer city parks, and neighbors nix oversized apartments in Bella Vista
View Article“Act Of God” Causes Collapse Of Garden Walls At Bella Vista Construction Site
An obvious "accident" waiting to happen spooks Bella Vista at a controversial development site
View ArticleA Story In Letters
A chance realization leads to this meditation on neighborhood change by Nathaniel Popkin
View ArticleFormer 7-Up Bottling Plant On Its Way Down; 25 Townhouses Coming Up
Bella Vista project marks the loss of another piece of 20th century neighborhood vernacular. Chris Mote reports
View ArticleCity Seal Statue To Be Repurposed For Bella Vista’s Cianfrani Park
“Peace” & “Plenty” to stick around, subdividing The Galley’s Kmart space, no drive-thru permitted for Ridge Ave Wendy’s, and perhaps a Super Bowl in Philly?
View ArticleTransformation Fit For A Queen (Village)
Sixteen years after the opening of Beau Monde, at Sixth and Bainbridge, the corner's evolution is near complete. Joe Brin has the story
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