For 83 years the PSFS sign has glowed above 12th and Market streets in red neon, but we’ll soon see those letters in a new light. On Friday the Philadelphia Historical Commission approved the ...
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This year marks the 200th anniversary of the the oldest savings fund bank in the country, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society. While the bank shut down in 1992, its iconic skyscraper and sign ...
Four letters have spelled Philly since 1932: PSFS. High above 12th and Market streets, two 26-foot high PSFS signs have been illuminated by parallel tubes of red neon for 83 years. Now the landmark ...
When Streets Dept. blogger Conrad Benner proposed the idea of putting a mural on the iconic PSFS building—an improbable idea, both because the building is owned by Loews and is a National Historic ...
It was April 1997 when then-Mayor Edward G. Rendell stood at a podium and, with his characteristic hoarse voice, announced plans to convert the historic-but-unused PSFS building into a 590-room Loews ...
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — For more than 85 years, the iconic PSFS lights have shined a unique shade of red. That all changed Sunday, when they were changed to Eagles green. "We're going to keep it green ...
As the first in-depth book to explore the role of branding in the design of corporate modernism, Building Brands re-tells the stories of four corporate headquarters in the context of both business and ...
Yale’s neo-gothic architecture is praised for its beauty, but city kids may find that the New Haven skyline has too much sky and too little steel for their liking. Such homesick souls can find ...
Then a wild card came along. Last week, I had the pleasure and horror of visiting an extraordinary property currently on the market, a listing with Weichert Realtors. Pleasure: It is a wildly unique ...