History & Preservation
Preservation Watch: Threatened Row Home Blocks in 2026
Every year, Philadelphia row home blocks face threats the city never hears about until it…
History & Preservation
Row Home Archive #2: Northern Liberties Before the Boom
Before Northern Liberties became what it is today, it was an industrial neighborhood, an immigrant enclave, and a period of abandonment. The row homes that survived each era are a…
History & Preservation
Who Built That? The Gridded Row Home Plan
The Philadelphia row home wasn't designed by a single architect or planned by a visionary.…
History & Preservation
Row Home Archive #1: Passyunk Square, 1910 vs. Today
A century separates two Passyunk Square stoops — same marble steps, different worlds. We dig…