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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 ...
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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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 ...
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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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Should a building be doomed by its harmful past?
A recurrent argument emerged at Friday’s meeting of the Philadelphia Historical Commission among those who opposed preservation efforts: Some buildings are simply too tainted by their past to save.