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define “unusual-looking”.
Last September, local real-estate blogger friends at Naked Philly shed some light on one of our more-unique-but-less-publicized projects, only to mention it again last week. We, and our enlightened...
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2700 North Broad Street.
[this post kicks off our abandoned building office challenge] I’ll admit that it is certainly not the most glamorous of abandoned warehouses but the location and presence of 2700 N. Broad Street...
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ch-ch-changes along Avenue of the Arts.
If you’ve walked along South Broad Street in recent months, you may have noticed what some of us at Studio Agoos Lovera spent a good chunk of 2011 doing: converting an Italian restaurant into a...
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The Boyd Theater.
built 1928 | seats 2,450 | architects Hoffman and Henon [1928 exterior photo from the Irvin R. Glazer Theater Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia] An art deco gem and last of the great movie palaces...
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19th Street Baptist Church.
Known for his eclectic use of classical forms and eccentrically scaled buildings, Frank Furness’ unique architectural vocabulary is one of the greatest ever seen in Philadelphia. As such, it is sad...
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SS United States
It’s not a building, strictly speaking, but the SS United States is an incredible relic. It is amazing that it has ended up in Philadelphia and unexpectedly looms above Delaware Avenue, out of scale...
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The Divine Lorraine.
And what discussion about abandoned buildings in Philadelphia doesn’t include the… The Divine Lorraine Hotel, located on a prominent intersection of Broad Street and Fairmount Avenue, was designed by...
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Alex Chan Receives ACE 2012 Exemplary Mentor Award.
Studio Agoos Lovera proudly congratulates Alex Chan, RA, LEED AP on receiving the ACE Mentor Program of America’s 2012 Exemplary Mentor Award! As one of eight recipients of the 2010 Presidential Award...
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The Royal Theater.
If the Boyd Theater wasn’t enough for you, our next staff-pick yields yet ANOTHER abandoned theater in Philadelphia: the Royal Theater on South Street West. Architect: Frank E. Hahn, Neo-Georgian...
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Brandywine Workshop Exhibit to open at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Friday, September 7th, our friends at the Brandywine Workshop celebrate 40 years of printmaking with an 11-week exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “Full Spectrum: Prints from the Brandywine...
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