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How I-95 broke Philly’s waterfront (and what the city is doing to fix it) Philly is dreaming big and small along the Delaware River after decades of damage caused by one highway ...
Last month for an open thread discussion we posed the question: What's the ugliest building in Philadelphia? Here are the 15 buildings that readers griped about the most.
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 ...
Fairmount Park is the Goliath of urban parks. The entire system, which includes 63 parks, clocks in at 9,200 acres, making it the largest urban park in the nation. Seriously: It's five times bigger ...
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 ...
Curbed Philly readers weighed in on the most beautiful streets in Philadelphia. Not surprisingly, these five iconic streets came out on top.
With the news that Trump Taj Mahal is closing after Labor Day, here's a look back at the five casinos that have shuttered in Atlantic City since 2014. Plus: What's in store for the extravagant ...
The University of Pennsylvania’s Hill College House, the only Philadelphia-based project of noted Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, is ready for its close-up—again. Hill College House was ...
Oh, Philadelphia, my Philadelphia. This city has been featured on the big screen since time can remember, but for whatever reason some of the most notable films and television shows set in the city ...
Philly’s skyline has come a long way since 1987. That’s the year that One Liberty Place became the tallest building in the city, breaking the gentleman’s agreement that no building should ever surpass ...
The Million Woman March took place in Philadelphia in 1997, drawing hundreds of thousands of women to Philly’s streets. AP Photo/Chris Gardner This Saturday, a day after the Inauguration, thousands of ...
Philly's skyline has seen some drastic changes over the last 30 years. With the exception of the Comcast Center, the most recent changes have come in the form of low-rise and mid-rise buildings, but ...