16 December 2009 | Philadelphia City Paper
On the first morning of December, milky light streaks the city and the day gets going. I’m on top of Drexel University’s new Millennium Hall, a 17-story residence designed by Erdy McHenry Architecture and structural engineer Cecil Balmond as a model integrating engineering and architecture.
6 November 2007 | Philly Skyline
With the clocks falling back for winter, Philadelphia falls into its strange annual hibernation. Neighborhoods particularly lose the rhythm of street life. This isn’t a factor of chill air per se, as it’s still plenty warm out, rather wholly inadequate lighting.
29 October 2007 | Philly Skyline
Shall we think rigorously about aimless wandering? Inspiring literature, philosophy music, instilling the marvelous expansive feeling of being human, it is, after all, one the great joys — and strengths — of the city.