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Inga Saffron

Inga Saffron

Architecture Critic at The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Off track? A Sixers arena at 11th and Market would compromise Jefferson Station.

Chinatown isn’t the only hurdle facing a Sixers arena on Market Street. SEPTA sent the team back to the drawing board after seeing how the proposal would affect its second-busiest station.
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Are historic districts the solution to Philadelphia’s preservation ...

While Mayor Kenney’s record on preservation is mixed, the number of historic districts in the city has increased dramatically over the last eight years.
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America is on a fast road to adopting electric cars. Philly is alre...

Charging stations in every cranny of the city will transform public thoroughfares as profoundly as street lights and underground sewers did a century ago.
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This stealth development is already turning East Market Street into...

The project’s success shows that a Sixers arena isn’t the only way to revitalize the ailing retail corridor.
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Philly’s Greyhound bus ‘station’ is a humanitarian disaster and a m...

Philly should stop making bus riders suffer and build a new municipal station.
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Historic preservation shouldn’t be an excuse for exclusion | Editor...

Safeguarding history through development restrictions makes sense, but the city’s most beautiful neighborhoods should remain dynamic and welcoming places for all.
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Philly moves to wrest control of the Reading Viaduct from its litig...

Paul Levy, the outgoing CEO of the Center City District, has stepped up to help Philadelphia try to acquire the land from Reading International.
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South Philly’s former refinery site is the city’s next big job cent...

The Bellwether District will start construction on two warehouses this fall, paving the way for a logistics hub that could employ 19,000 people. No one knows yet how everyone will get there.
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Transforming two of Philly’s industrial relics proves empty offices...

It took half a century to repurpose Philadelphia’s vast inventory of obsolete factory buildings. Now we can apply what we learned to office towers.
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The Sixers want to model their arena on Boston’s TD Garden. I went ...

The Celtics’ neighborhood, it turns out, is nothing like Market Street.
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I-95 reconstruction is really a widening project that will hurt Phi...

The Biden administration promised to make urban highways less intrusive. So why is I-95 about to expand in South Philly?
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Inclusionary zoning has failed to deliver on affordable housing pro...

Since enforcement began in July 2022, only five housing projects — with a total of 106 new apartments and fewer than 30 income-restricted units — have received permits within the restricted area.
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Comcast Spectacor one-ups the Sixers with a smart, urban plan for t...

While the plan won’t turn the stadium parking lots into a neighborhood overnight, it starts a discussion about how to use that wasted real estate for the kind of activities that make cities, cities.
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Is Jefferson’s dazzling new outpatient building enough to heal East...

Chestnut Street is struggling to keep up with changing retail conditions, and Jefferson’s neglect is one the things holdings back the corridor.
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How SEPTA and Amtrak improvements could help turn 30th Street into ...

The challenge will be to upgrade Schuylkill Yards in a way that is equitable to everyone.
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It’s time for Philly to build a proper bus station. Here are six po...

Finding a good site for a dignified and welcoming Philadelphia bus station shouldn’t be so hard.
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Yes, Philly needs more affordable housing. Historic districts aren’...

Philadelphia can use historic districts to strike a balance between protecting its shared heritage and allowing the city to evolve.
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While America dithers over climate change, Swarthmore College shows...

The small liberal arts college in the Philadelphia suburbs has become a proving ground for the latest green technology.
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Is a Sixers arena or biomedical hub more likely to revive East Mark...

Comcast Spectacor has fired another salvo in the long-running public relations battle with the Sixers by proposing an alternative to an arena on Market Street.
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PennDot could keep I-95 from bigfooting Philadelphia by supporting ...

Given the urgency of fighting climate change, PennDot needs to stop widening its highways to accommodate traffic and instead get more people to ride transit.
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Longwood Gardens, famous for its plants and classical fountains, ad...

The Chester County public garden is preparing to open a major new conservatory building in November. It's a long way from Pierre du Pont's Victorian greenhouse.