The Unhappy Tale of Building Philadelphia’s City Hall

Posted by on Nov 27, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Unhappy Tale of Building Philadelphia’s City Hall Philadelphia’s City Hall is widely regarded as one of the most im­pressive in the world. A great marble wedding cake that fills the square at Broad and Market streets. So big in fact that it was the largest public building in the country until the Pentagon was built in the early 1940s. The building is also admired as something of an outdoor art museum, with decorative stone and bronze...
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Girard College: A Story of Change and Continuity

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Girard College: A Story of Change and Continuity Girard College, a boarding school for orphans and other­wise under­privileged children, is located in a largely unattractive, grimy industrial district of Philadel­phia. Its location in the city’s north section does not conjure images of wealth or the Social Register, but its endowment marks it is as one of the richest boarding schools in the country. The story of Girard Col­lege and its...
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