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For Sale: Three Furness-Designed Properties
301 Washington Street, Birdsboro, PA. The “eccentricity of his architectural designs” may have appalled some of his contemporaries who clung to more traditional forms, but Philadelphia’s Victorian...
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Jacques Ferber Reopens on Walnut Street
Jacques Ferber was a Walnut Street institution since 1911, but where once there were furs (and protesters against them) there are now Vans. Ferber has moved to the second floor of 1708 Walnut, Shoppist...
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There’s a Cool Time-Juggling Sculpture Outside of PAFA Right Now
Photo via the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Facebook page. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts building (yes, that iconic Frank Furness designed structure on North Broad) now has a...
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Just Listed: Spruce Street Mansion Designed by Frank Furness
Photos by Herb Engelsberg via TREND/Laurie Phillips This listing comes with a little bit of a history lesson. The mansion at 2113 Spruce Street was designed by the legendary architect Frank Furness for...
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Map Shows Where Long-Demolished Furness Works Once Stood in Center City
Broad Street Station was demolished in 1953 | Photo via Wikimedia Commons Sure there are Furness and Furness-influenced buildings scattered throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area (one is for sale;...
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Morning Headlines: Saving a Frank Furness-Related Church Is a Labor of Love
It’s getting there. | Photo: Google Street View Although it’s still in need of millions of dollars in repairs in order to be returned to its former glory, the 19th Street Baptist Church at 19th and...
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Furness-Designed Church In Philadelphia Closer to Preschool Conversion?
Former Saint Peter’s Church of Christ (right) and its parish house (left) | Image via Google Street View Developer Guy Laren and his band of neighborhood supporters are a zoning change away from moving...
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Neighbors Await Church to Preschools Conversion In West Philly
Former Saint Peter’s Church of Christ (right) and its parish house (left) | Image via Google Street View The former Saint Peter’s Church of Christ building at 4700 Kingsessing Avenue has already...
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PAFA Museum to Undergo Historic Restoration This Summer
The Historic Landmark Building at PAFA | Photo: GPTMC If you happen to see scaffolding going up around the hallowed Historic Landmark Building at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, don’t fret. It’s...
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Re-Listed: Frank Furness Designed This Mansion for his Civil War Buddy
Photos by Herb Engelsberg via TREND/Laurie Phillips It’s been a few months since we checked on the incredible mansion in Fitler Square that Frank Furness designed for his long-time friend Rudulph...
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Main Line Monday: Furness-Designed “Lynhurst” Going For $3.1 Million
TREND images via Zillow/BHHS Fox & Roach-Bryn Mawr Gosh, what a time to be alive. Originally part of the historic Knollbrook estate, Lynhurst was a three-year construction built at the behest of...
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts building (yes, that iconic Frank Furness designed structure on North Broad) now has a head-turning addition: a 16-foot […] The post There’s a Cool...
View ArticleJust Listed: Spruce Street Mansion Designed by Frank Furness
This listing comes with a little bit of a history lesson. The mansion at 2113 Spruce Street was designed by the legendary architect Frank Furness […] The post Just Listed: Spruce Street Mansion...
View ArticleMap Shows Where Long-Demolished Furness Works Once Stood in Center City
Sure there are Furness and Furness-influenced buildings scattered throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area (one is for sale; the other, formerly listed for $995,000, is now for rent right here in...
View ArticleMorning Headlines: Saving a Frank Furness-Related Church Is a Labor of Love
Although it’s still in need of millions of dollars in repairs in order to be returned to its former glory, the 19th Street Baptist Church […] The post Morning Headlines: Saving a Frank Furness-Related...
View ArticleFurness-Designed Church In Philadelphia Closer to Preschool Conversion?
Developer Guy Laren and his band of neighborhood supporters are a zoning change away from moving forward on a project that would see the former Saint […] The post Furness-Designed Church In...
View ArticleNeighbors Await Church to Preschools Conversion In West Philly
The former Saint Peter’s Church of Christ building at 4700 Kingsessing Avenue has already started to see renovation work, as previously reported, but the property […] The post Neighbors Await Church to...
View ArticlePAFA Museum to Undergo Historic Restoration This Summer
If you happen to see scaffolding going up around the hallowed Historic Landmark Building at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, don’t fret. It’s all […] The post PAFA Museum to Undergo Historic...
View ArticleRe-Listed: Frank Furness Designed This Mansion for his Civil War Buddy
It’s been a few months since we checked on the incredible mansion in Fitler Square that Frank Furness designed for his long-time friend Rudulph Ellis. See, […] The post Re-Listed: Frank Furness...
View ArticleMain Line Monday: Furness-Designed “Lynhurst” Going For $3.1 Million
Gosh, what a time to be alive. Originally part of the historic Knollbrook estate, Lynhurst was a three-year construction built at the behest of attorney I. […] The post Main Line Monday:...
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