Philadelphia’s Historical Commission decides the Roundhouse is not worthy of preservation
The Philadelphia Historical Commission on Friday rejected preservation protections for the former city Police Headquarters ...
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Planning director discusses Roundhouse, Greyhound station, housing push
Lawrence touted Parker’s hiring of a new chief housing and urban development officer, Angela Brooks, to spearhead the ...
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Philadelphia owns more than 1,000 public artworks. Scores are missing.
When the Philadelphia Police Department left the Roundhouse in 2022, so did the 1977 sculpture of a police officer holding a pigtailed girl on his hip that long sat outside the Race Street ...
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Save the Roundhouse? A Case for Demolition
Such was a 1952 description of Franklin Square, then Philadelphia’s Skid Row. Just about a decade later, the Roundhouse, the city’s police headquarters, designed by Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham ...
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Roundhouse’s future; Fire risk is high; Spelling bee winner | Morning roundup
What will the city do with the Roundhouse? Will we ever get a bus station again? The city’s planning director hosted a ...