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HughE Dillon: Design Home 2012 Party
Last night, the Philadelphia magazine Design Home 2012 had its official opening party. This year’s home is located in Newtown Square. Below: Marcie Line, Jessica […]
Toll Bros. Plans New Townhouses for Both Ends of South Street
Toll Bros. Plan South Street Townhouses. South Street, east of the Schuylkill, will be bookended by new townhouses, thanks to Toll Bros. The old Grad […]
Let’s Talk About How Ugly the Barnes Is
The Barnes Foundation used to be unique: a suis generis collection in a genus loci space (one of a kind in a place all its […]
Here’s a Drawing of What Bart Blatstein Wants to Do on North Broad
Bart Blatstein says the casino isn’t the most intriguing part of his planned North Broad development. What he’s most jazzed about is going on the […]
5 Plans That Could’ve Changed Philly Forever
One thing that’s fun about history is that there is an alternate history that invisibly runs alongside of it, the history of things that never […]
HughE Dillon One-Shot: Hilton Breaks Ground in Center City
Last week, I attended the groundbreaking ceremony for a new hotel that will be across the street from the Pennsylvania Convention Center at 12th and […]
Getting a Casino License Would Be Very, Very Hard for Bart Blatstein
Bart Blatstein stirred up lots of buzz last week with his proposal to turn the iconic white tower that houses the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily […]
Hard Rock Wants to Delay Atlantic City Casino
Hard Rock International has lobbied for a delay in their plans to erect a boutique casino on the beach in Atlantic City. The original plan […]
Ridiculous Fantasies (and Some Practical Ideas) for Philly’s Abandoned Buildings
With news that the North Broad jewel known as the Divine Lorraine is possibly being sold again, I thought I’d ask a couple of local architecture […]
HughE Dillon: Keith Leaphart’s Replica Celebrates Launch
Last night, Mayor Nutter attended the celebration of the opening of Replica, a design and print firm at 33 South 18th Street. The new space […]
Now That John Bolaris Is Out at FOX29, Will He Tell His Side of the Story?
In Case You Missed It … John Bolaris is no longer employed by FOX 29. Dan Gross and David Gambacorta have written a detailed timeline […]
How Fatherhood Changes Everything
I like to think of myself as a policy wonk’s policy wonk, driven by data and convinced by crunching numbers. But, there can be no […]
Spring Garden Street Linear Park
Philly may be getting a little greener as the Spring Garden Civic Association and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council work to get the off the ground. […]
Philly Live! Will Have World’s Biggest Indoor TV
Philly Live!—the bar, restaurant and entertainment development project planned for the Spectrum’s graveyard—is set to open in April. The new strip of bars will include […]
Remember That Time John Street Confused Count von Count on Dilworth Plaza?
No one’s sure how William Penn and Thomas Holme came up with the plan for Philadelphia. Philadelphia: A 300-Year History surmises inspiration from garrison towns […]