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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 ...
The 904-square-foot rowhouse at 2044 Sigel Street in South Philly includes a finished basement with a laundry room off it and a patio out back. The spread also includes two full bathrooms and the ...
Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture is back at LOVE Park. Photo by Melissa Romero It’s been repainted, restored, and returned to its rightful home: The LOVE sculpture, an icon of Philly, is back at LOVE ...
It’s a bright and crisp Saturday morning in early December, one of those “couldn’t have asked for a better weather” kind of days. A group made up of a little more than a dozen folks ranging from ...
Christmas has come early, dear commuters: SEPTA has a new, electrifying whip that’s supposed to make for smoother and safer rides. SEPTA announced this week that it received its first new electric ...
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 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 ...
Curbed's weekly original tours series takes you inside homes with eye-catching style and big personality—from modern tiny homes to pedigreed midcentury gems and everything in between. The first thing ...
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Monday, September 25 and has been updated with the most recent information. Be still, midcentury modern-loving hearts: Anne Tyng’s home in ...
The SEPTA Regional Rail is Philly’s commuter rail network, with 13 branches stopping along more than 100 stations all around the Philadelphia metro region. About 132,000 people ride the Regional Rail ...