Fairmount Park is the Goliath of urban parks. The entire system, which includes 63 parks, clocks in at 9,200 acres, making it the largest urban park in the nation. Seriously: It's five times bigger ...

Karen Thompson and Lizzie Woods are standing at the corner of Front and Chestnut streets in Old City, an intersection that, depending on which direction you're facing, looks into a landscaped park, a ...

New York-based artist Jake Berman wants cities to start examining ways to bring their public transit systems into the future—by looking at the past. And for Philly, that means an oft-forgotten ...

The recently renovated Hill College House at Penn was originally built in 1960 and designed by Eero Saarinen. Photos © Aislinn Weidele / Mills + Schnoering ...

Campus expansion plans from the likes of UPenn and Drexel are often greeted with mistrust and worry from longtime neighbors, even when it seems that the expansion plans might benefit the surrounding ...

It's almost impossible to pinpoint all of the quaint, beautiful, and downright charming streets in Philadelphia. (Believe us, we've tried.) That's why Curbed Philly decided to leave it up to folks who ...

Philadelphia has an incredible stock of public art, ranging from colorful city murals to downright head-scratching sculptures scattered throughout the city. But in honor of International Sculpture Day ...

After 15 years of neglect, standing as a symbol of blight on the corner of North Broad and Fairmount Avenue, it's clear to the naked eye that the graffiti-laden Divine Lorraine is on the cusp of ...

Louis Kahn was a man of many talents: a gifted artist. A playful pianist. And in the words of Philip Johnson, one of the most influential and “beloved architects of all time.” Frank Gehry, speaking ...

The Million Woman March took place in Philadelphia in 1997, drawing hundreds of thousands of women to Philly’s streets. AP Photo/Chris Gardner This Saturday, a day after the Inauguration, thousands of ...

This stone house in Newtown Square dates back to circa 1810. Photo by John Badalamenti for Lynn Seeburger, BHHS Fox & Roach-Wayne As Curbed has noted many times before, old stone homes are beloved ...

There’s been a lot of talk about Philly’s rise in recent years, from its increasing millennial population to its building boom. But there’s one title the city can’t shake: Philadelphia remains the ...