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 ...

A new, 47-story skyscraper with luxury condos and amenities is set to go up at the corner of Broad and Spruce Streets, overlooking the Kimmel Center and the heart of the city. Plans for the tower, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This year, after nearly three years of construction, the Comcast Technology Center will open its doors in Center City, becoming Philadelphia’s first supertall tower, and the tallest and most ...

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 ...

The Lillian Marrero Library is one of the five Philly libraries that underwent a major transformation as part of the 21st Century Library initiative. Photos by ...

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 ...

Folks have been settled into their new digs at the Roberts Center for Pediatric Research tower for months. But although the 21-story skyscraper was built to house the Children Hospital of Philadelphia ...

This stone house in Newtown Square dates back to circa 1810. Photo by John Badalamenti for Lynn Seeburger, BHHS Fox & Roach-Wayne As Curbed has noted many times before, old stone homes are beloved ...