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.
15 February 2008 | Philly Skyline
“Sabes, how do you stem the tide? You like it here, you want to come eat in our restaurants, buy up our stores, go for it. You want to come live here? No.”
25 September 2007 | Philly Skyline
The more I write about Philadelphia, the more I’m stuck by the depth, love, and expertise of her bards. Keels, like Beth Kephart, the author of Flow, the lyrical autobiography of the Schuylkill, and Gary Nash, who wrote 2002’s First City, has found a new way to rekindle this city’s history without telling straightforward historical narrative.