Philadelphia City Hall, once referred to by Walt Whitman as “a majestic and lovely show there in the moonlight,” has stood as an architectural wonder in the city's center since 1901.

The oldest residential street in the nation is a great place to start your journey through Philadelphia architecture. Elfreth's alley was founded in 1702, and all 32 homes on the street were built ...

One virtue of an old city like Philadelphia: It contains centuries ... as a response to “international modernism,” the architectural style du jour in the 1960s. That style held that buildings ...

Did you know that Philadelphia was home to ... William Penn statue atop Philadelphia's City Hall. PSFS, the city and country's first international-style skyscraper, is a National Historic Landmark.

The goal of the class is to teach students about the history, architecture, and politics of Philadelphia City Hall, the largest active municipal building in the country. Not being a Philadelphia ...

William Penn originally intended Centre Square to serve as the center point of Philadelphia ... for PhillyHistory.org. City Hall was designed in the Second Empire style made popular by the ...