Month: October 2012

Bob Bruhin

Dear Reading Viaduct:

I love, so much, the part of you I have come to know already. The tiny green-space beside Noble Street, in the shadow of the Lasher Building and the Terminal Commerce Center, first woke me to the faded industrial glories of the neighborhood I now affectionately call the Eraserhood. This is why I still visit at least once a week to eat lunch and look at the vista of the surrounding neighborhood. I feel this is one of the best places to come to appreciate the rugged beauty of the Callowhill Industrial Historic District, commemorating Philadelphia’s former industrial might.

(via Philly Love Notes: Love Note #85: Bob Bruhin loves the tiny green-space beside Noble Street at the Reading Viaduct in Callowhill)

Bob Bruhin

Design VIADUCTgreene/DesignPhiladelphia

  • Oct 133:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Underground Arts
    1200 Callowhill Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19108 
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    VIADUCTgreene

    Through the Community Design Collaborative, VIADUCTgreene has teamed up with OLIN, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, CVM, and VJ Associates to develop conceptual designs for a 3-block stretch of what could become a 3-mile linear park connecting many neighborhoods to Fairmount Park. VIADUCTgreene wants your input – join us in envisioning the great potential of this soaring and submersive civic space. Bring… Read More

(via DesignPhiladelphia:)

Bob Bruhin

As PlanPhilly’s Jared Brey reports, the Historical Commission’s decision to allow demolition of the historic Church of the Assumption was upheld by Court of Common Pleas Judge Idee Fox on Tuesday.

This is just the latest legal twist in a years-long battle over the church’s preservation.

Judge Fox reversed the Board of L&I review’s decision that overturned the Historical Commission’s finding of financial hardship that led to permission to demolish the Church.

(via Church of the Assumption demolition decision upheld, future unclear)