Historic Preservation
The history of America’s diverse people and their rich culture is under assault. The news cycle is terrifying as it reports the unacceptable reversal that is taking place with banned books, banned philosophies, and anti-immigrant sentiment. It’s as if we have gone back to the pre-1960s where the only story told was from one narrow […]
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Full of life, vibrance, and history, Philadelphia has a beautiful local treasure. Where you say? Rittenhouse Square. William Penn plotted out five public squares in the 1600’s: Centre Square (City Hall), East Publick Square (Franklin Square), Southwest Square (Rittenhouse Square), and Northwest Square (Logan Square). Each of these are fantastic places to take a lunch […]
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Econsult Solutions, Inc. prepared a financial hardship analysis for iPic Theaters, which planned to replace the Boyd Theater with an 8-screen new construction, high-end theater. The Boyd Theater was listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places and in order to demolish the building, according to the Philadelphia Historical Commission’s guidelines, the financial hardship application […]
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Well, now we know. Speculation on when the long bull market, economic expansion and real estate boom would come to an end has been answered. While the official statistics lag behind reality, it is hard to imagine that we have not entered R20 – Recession 2020. The COVID accentuated slowdown will impact the real estate market and […]
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An Overview of the City of Philadelphia’s Historic Preservation Task Force’s Mission Summary The renewed development interest in Philadelphia’s Center City and surrounding neighborhoods over the past several years has resulted in demolitions and significant alteration of treasured buildings making headlines. It was enough so that it prompted Mayor Jim Kenney to appoint experts in the […]
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In 2018, Econsult Solutions, Inc. (ESI) and JVM Studio were retained by the Old City District to produce a comprehensive report of the current state, and the future development of the historic district. Old City District’s mission is to improve the City of Philadelphia’s historic district as a place for people to meet, work, shop […]
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