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Tag Archives: Old City
Landmark Philly Dollhouse 450K
AS READERS OF THIS BLOG KNOW, I have a great fondness for diminutive antique row houses, whether part of a mews (a row of converted stables or carriage houses) or just working- class homes along a narrow alley. They’re often … Continue reading
Posted in PHILADELPHIA, PROPERTIES FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged 18th century, Elfreth's Alley, mews, museum, Old City, row house
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More Philly (Much More)
Sunflowers, 1887 I DIDN’T GO TO PHILADELPHIA last week just to walk its cobbled alleys and take pictures of cute houses. I went to see my son and his girlfriend in Fishtown, and to catch the van Gogh exhibition at … Continue reading
Valencia: Historico Centro
I’M IN VALENCIA, SPAIN, city of parks and paella, of rich and tangled history, with many outstanding architectural remnants thereof. Valencia has 300 days of sunshine a year. Yesterday was not one of them. But gray though it was, it … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, SPAIN, TRAVEL
Tagged architecture, cathedral, Colon, Fallas, Gothic, Lonja, market hall, Mercado Central, Modernismo, Old City, paella, SH Valencia Palace, Silk Exchange, Valencia
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Playing Tourist in Philly
The brand-new LeMeridien in Center City TODAY BEGAN WITH COFFEE AND A CROISSANT at the Reading Terminal Market, an indoor foodie paradise the likes of which no city should be without (though I know of no other such place anywhere) … Continue reading
Posted in HISTORIC PRESERVATION, INTERIOR DESIGN, LANDSCAPING, MISCELLANEOUS, PHILADELPHIA, ROAD TRIPS, TRAVEL
Tagged City Hall, Fishtown, Garden Conservancy, Greensgrow Farms, hotel, Kensington, Le Meridien, Love Park, Old City, Open Days, Queen Village, Randall Rosenthal, Reading Terminal Market, Southwark Restaurant, Standard Tap, Starwood, Winterthur, Wood Turning Center
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I ♥ Philadelphia
Thomas Bond, physician, 1712-1784 I’M IN PHILADELPHIA at the moment, in the breakfast room, below, of the Thomas Bond House, a delightful small hotel in Old City. The building dates from 1769, and I’m in my element, taking in the … Continue reading
Why I Love Philadelphia, Part 3: Trinity Houses
“TRINITIES,” IN PHILADELPHIA PARLANCE, are three-room, three-story houses — one room per floor — built between the 1790s and 1840s. They’re cozy, charming, evocative, historic, and, some might add, un-livable. Rear unit of my ‘double trinity’ in South Kensington, above. … Continue reading
Posted in PHILADELPHIA, PROPERTIES FOR SALE
Tagged 1790s, 1840s, Baltimore, Center City, cobbled alleys, Elfreth's Alley, Fishtown, Graduate Hospital, Old City, Old Kensington, PHILADELPHIA, pied a terre, porthole windows, Queen Village, Rittenhouse Square, stucco, trinities, trinity house, wrought-iron balcony
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