Plans to turn the former Family Court building into a hotel and move the African American Museum to an adjacent lot have ...

A Pennsylvania judge overturned Philadelphia’s Washington Square West Historic District, removing protections for more than 1,400 properties.

Historic preservation advocates are sounding the alarm about legislation from Councilmember Mark Squilla, which they argue would weaken existing protections in Philadelphia. The bill, introduced Nov.

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The Philadelphia Historical Commission unanimously approved the creation of the Southeast Spruce Hill Historic District on July 12. The process of granting the area historical protection has been ...

The store may be closed, but the Wanamaker building will be alive with art this fall. Opera Philadelphia is throwing open the doors of the Wanamaker Building and inviting the city back into the ...