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 ...

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 ...

From the outside, The Parker-Spruce Hotel on 13th Street looks like most other buildings in Center City—a towering brick facade with a worn limestone, metal overhang above the entrance. It blends in ...

There’s so much to see and do in Philly, but we get it: Sometimes you just need to get away. Good thing there are plenty of charming small towns scattered within two hours of the city that make for ...

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 ...

For all the fame that has followed Louis Kahn, what’s even more noteworthy is that many of the architect’s biggest hits were built within a span of just a few decades—and in some cases, four decades ...

In Philly, real Christmas trees are only allowed in one- and two-family dwellings. Courtesy of Rudmer Zwerver/Shutterstock.com This time of year, there’s nothing more satisfying than seeing that ...

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 ...

In Tuesday’s election, along with electing Larry Krasner (D) as district attorney and Rebecca Rhynhart (D) as city controller, Pennsylvanians voted in favor of a ballot question that asked whether a ...

Councilman Mark Squilla put it best when he tried to describe just how posh the new 500 Walnut tower really is: “What amazed me is that when you come into the building’s parking deck, it feels like ...

This week, a monument of local civil rights activist Octavius Valentine Catto was unveiled at Philadelphia City Hall, becoming the city’s first monument dedicated to a specific African American.

“When I was looking for places to paint as a 16 year old, all the places I wanted to hit were along the train line.” Courtesy of Mural Arts From how to improve public transportation in cities, ranking ...