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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
A beginner’s guide to Philly modernism The architects and structures that shaped Philadelphia—and the fate of their legacy ...
Here's a map of ninety-nine Philadelphia hotels of yore, plotted throughout the city. A handful, like the Latham and the Morris House Hotel, operate as hotels today. Most of the hotels still standing ...
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 ...
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 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 first phase of the Hamilton mixed-use project is under construction. Renderings by MY Architecture The $82 million first phase of the Hamilton, a mixed-use residential development planned for a ...
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 ...