The Preservation Alliance’s magazine Extant debuted in Winter 2015. Published three times a year in collaboration with Hidden City Philadelphia, the magazine is distributed free to members and supporters. Click the covers below to read online.

  • A Neighborhood Strategy
  • Restoration Role Model: Ralph J. Roberts Boys and Girls Club of Germantown
  • Places to Save: Frankford High School, Blue Bell Tavern, New Market Headhouse, De Benneville Family Burial Ground
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Bache-Martin School
  • Final Word: Looking Back and Looking Forward
  • A Tale of Two Gardens
  • Restoration Role Model: 2000 Spruce Street
  • Places to Save: Mount Sharon Baptist Church, Church of the Advocate, Old Montgomery County Jail, Ahavath Israel Synagogue
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Home of Roy Campanella
  • Final Word: Patrick Grossi
  • More is More: Reimagining relics of the gilded age
  • Restoration Role Model: 1000 St. Bernard Street
  • Places to Save: Arch Street Methodist Church Steeple; Beneficial Savings Fund Society; Boxwood; Dixie Hummingbirds Headquarters
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Parkway House
  • Final Word: What Remains
  • What’s Next for the Roundhouse?
  • Restoration Role Model: Dina Wind Foundation
  • Places to Save: Oscar James Cooper House; Melrose Diner; Woodburne; Griffith and Rosenberger Halls
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  •  Unlisted Philadelphia: 1307 Sansom Building
  • Final Word: Transform 102 North Main Street
  • Neighborhood Revival: Digging Past and Present in Tacony
  • Restoration Role Model: The PATH Center
  • Places to Save: Southwark Municipal Piers, Nos. 38 & 40; 1700-02 Race Street; Camac Street Wood Block Paving; Henry Osawa Tanner House
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Market Street Bridge
  • Final Word: History is Hyperlocal
  • Digging Deep: Preserving the History Beneath our Feet
  • Restoration Role Model: The Arlen Specter US Squash Center
  • Places to Save: Rothacker-Orth Brewery and Lager Beer Saloon; 23rd District Police Station; Jacob Reed’s Sons’ Store; South 44th Street Rowhouses
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: North Broad Street Station
  • Final Word: In Germantown, Even Preservation is “Historic”
  • A Prison Reformed: Eastern State Penitentiary Confronts Injustice
  • Restoration Role Model: Steeple Lofts
  • Places to Save: Penn Knox Historic District; Ninth National Bank; Hickman Temple AME Church; Haab Buildings
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Restoration Role Model: The Tidewater
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Queen Lane Filter Plant
  • Final Word: Preserving the past for a more just and collective future
  • Retore, Reuse, Recycle: The rowhouse is greener than you think
  • Restoration Role Model: The Tidewater
  • Places to Save: Coltrane Row; Russell Conwell Row; Pyramid Club; Crystal Bird Fauset House
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: De Gray Street Row
  • Final Word: Save the Roundhouse
  • Taking Stock: A Quarter-Century of Preservation Advocacy
  • The Next 25 Years: A Roadmap for Success
  • Restoration Role Model: Harbisons Dairy
  • Places to Save: St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum; John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls’ High School; 52nd Street Business District
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: New Bethlehem Baptist Church
  • Final Word: Learning from Frank Furness
  • The Ordinary Extraordinary: Germantown’s Colored Girls Museum
  • Preserving Black Historic Sites: 4 Case Studies
  • Restoration Role Model: The Aspen Grove School and The Deacon at First African Baptist Church
  • Places to Save: Barber’s Hall; Circle Mission Church; Imperial Theater; Hotel Brotherhood
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: The Pearl Bailey House
  • Final Word: Preservation’s Racial Reckoning
  • Missing in Action: Reclaiming the Women Who Made History
  • Restoration Role Model: Blaisdell Paper Pencil Factory
  • Places to Save: North Sixth Street Farmers Market; Engine 11 Firehouse; North City Trust; Colonial Savings Bank
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Final Word: Preservation in the Public Realm
  • Attention to Detail: Historic building crafts thrive in 21st century Philadelphia
  • Restoration Role Model: Margaret Esherick House
  • Places to Save: Temperance Hall; Hahnemann Hospital; Giovanni’s Room; Police Administration Building
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Sansom Row
  • Final Word: Preservation as Ethical Imperative
  • Meaning and Memory: Making a place for culture in Historic Preservation
  • Places to Save: Manayunk Millworkers’ Housing; Philadelphia Warehousing and Cold Storage Company; Good Shepherd Community Church; Chestnut and Walnut Street Commercial Buildings
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Germania Turnverein / Knitter’s Hall
  • Final Word: Preservation for People
  • Easements Are Forever
  • Places to Save: Trocadero Theatre; John Evans’ Sons and Keystone Spring Works; Levine Funeral Home/Original Apostolic Faith Church; Dox Thrash House
  • Restoration Role Model: The Hale Building
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Hotel Powelton
  • Final Word: Kenny Grono
  • A Fine and Public Place: New life blooming at Philadelphia’s historic cemeteries
  • Places to Save: 19th Street Baptist Church; Bell Telephone Exchange; Dr. Scholl’s Comfort Shoes; Route 15 Trolley
  • Restoration Role Model: The Oaks Cloister, Germantown
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Banco Bozzelli
  • Final Word: Harris M. Steinberg
  • A Glorious Uplift for Philadelphia’s Sacred Places
  • Places to Save: Fisher’s Lane Bridge; Ascension of Our Lord; Clairemont Farm; Robinson Building
  • Restoration Role Model: Frankford Avenue Bridge over Pennypack Creek
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: American Protestant Hall

Historic Districts Make a Comeback

  • Districts with a difference: from micro-blocks to broad thematic groups
  • Districts to Save: Germantown Avenue; Chinatown; Municipal Buildings; Italian Market
  • Restoration Role Model: Lural Lee Blevins Veterans Center at HELP Philadelphia B
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Automobile Row
  • Philadelphia’s Standout Storefronts
  • Places To Save: Frankford Chocolate Company, South Broad Street Rowhouses, Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 30th Street Station
  • Restoration Role Model: Pyramid Lofts
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Tourison Building
  • How To Save A Building: Lessons From Four Cities
  • A Field Guide To Demolition: Development Pressures Facing Four Neighborhoods
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Philadelphia International Records; Regency Ballroom and Philadelphia Fine Print Shop
  • Revitalizing Baltimore Through Historic Preservation
  • Lights! Music! Action! The Landsdowne Theater Wakes Up
  • Restoration Role Model: East Park Canoe House
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: Locust Theater
  • Places to Save (Trinity Oxford Parish House, Esslinger’s Brewery, West Powelton Victorian Rows, Disston Recreation Center)
  • National Trust Treasures Philadelphia’s Neighborhoods
  • North Broad Rising: The Divine Lorraine  Lights the Path to Long-Awaited Revival
  • Unlisted Philly: William Decker’s 1890 Ellis Mansion
  • Places to Save (Strickland Row, Tabor Chapel, Beury Building, Lipkin Furniture)
  • The Grassroots Come Alive: Citizen-Preservationists Fight to Protect Historic Buildings
  • Unlisted Philly: John Decker & Son Architectural Sheet Metal Works
  • Places to Save (Jewelers Row, Gershman Y, Weisbrod & Hess Brewery, West Philadelphia Institute)
  • Ring the Alarm! Philly Fire Houses Imperiled by Neglect, Development
  • Unlisted Philly: An Electrical Substation in Art Deco Disguise
  • Places to Save (Morton Weiss House, Hovenden House and Abolition Hall, West Philly Victorians, Loch Aerie)
  • Sharswood Redevelopment: A Neighborhood’s Fabric in Jeopardy
  • Under Threat: Philly’s Built African-American Heritage
  • Places to Save (1900 Block of Sansom Street, Harbisons Milk Bottle, St. Paul’s Baptist Church, Third Presbyterian Church)
  • Taking Stock of Philly Public Schools
  • Jim Kenney for Preservation?
  • Places to Save (Society Hill Playhouse, Germantown Boys & Girls Club, Penn Fruit, and Dyottville Glass Works Homes)
  • Back from the Brink in Kingsessing
  • Salvation for a Neighborhood Icon in Manayunk
  • Places to Save (3600 block of Lancaster Avenue, St. Laurentius Church, and Edward Corner Marine)
  • The Room and Haas Building at 50
  • Making Preservation Work in Parkside
  • Places to Save (William Penn Inn, Mount Moriah Cemetery Gatehouse, the Blue Horizon, and the Fairmount Park Welcome Center)

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