Avid readers and feeders will remember last year’s post on the ACE Mentor Program year-end finale. Well, tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, 5/10) is the big day for this year’s mentoring team, comprised of students from local Philadelphia high schools, including Constitution High, Friere Charter, Swenson Arts + Tech, and Girard College. Our team’s final, group presentation …
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The annual Mummers Parade and the 2008 Phillies Championship Parade come to mind as the only comparable events for the ridiculous amount of foot traffic South Broad Street saw this past weekend. Enlarge the image above, and see how this multipurpose arterial was really put to the test, all within a 24 hour period! The …
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2:00 pm today, a view from the 13th floor… If you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t yet heard, tomorrow’s finale for PIFA takes over South Broad Street. Catch us out there, or peek in our office from the top of the ferris wheel. Say Bonjour!
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Next Thursday, 4.28.2011, see what our friends at the DVGBC have been up to when they announce the winners of the 2011 Sustainable Design Competition: the design of a green jobs training facility. It’s all part of their Best of Greenbuild event held at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank. Sign up if you haven’t yet! …
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Happy 1st Birthday, …a view from the thirteenth floor! We started on this little adventure one year ago today, and a quick look back through our 70 some odd posts shows that we have, for the most part, stayed true to the course, amassing a random collection of commentaries on art, architecture, and design, our …
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Jorge Lovera, one of our founding partners, retired last Friday and we commemorated the occasion with a nine-act play portraying the significant turning points in his career. With the help of four amazing actors, it was a night no one present should soon forget. Thank you to everyone who attended and thanks to everyone who …
continue readingHere we find a tripadvisor member from nearby Lancaster, utilizing our modern day, 26-letter alphabet to review THIS Hawaiian gem… Based on this and all the other reviews, would YOU stay here? I would – out of sheer curiosity…
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is pleased to announce that Eric C. Delss, RA, an associate since 2004, has become a Principal in the Firm, joining Dave Franke, Jim Rowe, and Ted Agoos. Click here or on our new logo for details on what’s been happening!
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Looking around the office, there seems to be a broad range of, shall we say, “personalities” expressed in the content of people’s personal pin-up space. To anyone who knows our office, some will be obvious, some not so apparent. Without naming names, we have attempted to categorize the ten basic types… The Collector Grey Suit …
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This was the scene on South Broad Street last month during an extremely boisterous protest against new, industry-controlling laws. Check the comments for what a few of our beloved city’s tow-truck drivers had to say about ’em. And here’s a nice, low-quality video of the action and the noise, truly viewed from the thirteenth floor: …
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