Preservation Design Partnership, LLC

11/08/2019

The proposed historic district has been a contentious topic in this idyllic West Philadelphia neighborhood for nearly 15 years.

11/07/2019

How's this for a Throw Back Thursday post? Philadelphia is at its most beautiful around this time of year!

We re-photographed 10 locations in Philadelphia using archived images to show what has and has not changed over the past 100 years of Philadelphia. Some of the changes are vast.

11/01/2019

Pictured here: Project Architect, Jennifer Arnoldi's daughter, donned in a very cleverly constructed ferris wheel costume!

11/01/2019

Appropriately so, the next generation of preservationists spends Halloween being posed in front of examples of Philadelphia's historic architecture.

Pictured: Project Architect, Marco Virgili's daughter, Luisa.

11/01/2019

Sometimes, the spookiest buildings can also be the most intricate and interesting. What is the spookiest historic building in the Greater Philadelphia? We're going to have to go with Eastern State Penitentiary...

Check out before-after photos of the first penitentiary in the U.S.

10/28/2019

On this day in 1826, the Statue of Liberty is dedicated by Grover Cleveland.

Pictured here: A photo taken of the river traffic around Bedloe’s Island on the day of Liberty’s dedication. Photo via Library of Congress.

10/28/2019

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10/16/2019

For 19th century retailers and manufacturers, these big blaring signs were the equivalent of today's digital billboard.

09/25/2019

See something historic? Say something. Here’s a beginner’s guide to nominating a building, structure, district, or street for historic designation.

09/25/2019

09/18/2019

We are happy to announce that Holly Boyer, AIA, joined the PDP team at the beginning of September as a Project Architect. Holly has 27 years of experience just finished her Master's thesis entitled, "High and Mighty: A Comparative Analysis of the Wood-Framed Steeples of John McArthur, Jr.". Welcome, Holly!

Holly Boyer, AIA Project Architect

09/11/2019

Congratulations to Graham Caflisch for passing the 6th and final ARE exam, completing his required AXP hours, and thus fulfilling the requirements for official Architectural licensure in the state of Pennsylvania!

Pictured: Exterior Assessment at the New Jersey State House, 2017