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Showing posts with label Historical Commission. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Historical Commission. Show all posts
Sunday, May 13, 2018

More Historic Loss in the Midst of Preservation Month

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After this month's demolition of the historic Frankford Chocolate Factory, thanks to an endless array of loopholes within the city...
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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Philadelphia's Preservation Crisis

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Like many publicly operated organizations, the city's preservation task force has already proven itself useless. That's a chore in i...
Thursday, June 11, 2015

Boyd Site Redesign Offers Less of the Same

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Last month the Philadelphia Historical Commission sent Pearl Properties back to the drawing board for its mixed use complex at 19th and Ches...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

An Ethical Case for Preservation

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When academics, preservationists, historians, and neighborhood advocacy groups rush to save sites as revered as the Divine Lorraine or as hu...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Parkway's 709 Chestnut

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If you aren't high enough on all the skyscraping (heh, get it?) proposals and construction taking place throughout the city, Parkway Cor...
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