Philadelphia Historical Commission

City’s Chief Integrity Officer’s Integrity Questioned After Speech To Panel

Joan Markman, Mayor Nutter’s chief integrity officer, finds herself in a political firestorm after she injected herself into a Philadelphia Historical Commission debate over a coffee shop near her home.

2013/04/19

(The former Church of the Assumption, at 12th and Spring Garden Streets in Philadelphia. Credit: John Ostapkovich)

Phila. Historical Commission Clarifies Stance on Demolition of Historic Church

Philadelphia’s Historical Commission has reaffirmed its decision to allow the demolition of the 160-year-old Church of the Assumption, on Spring Garden Street.

2013/01/11

Commission Approves LED Sign On Historic Lit Brothers Building

The Philadelphia Historical Commission will allow a developer to install a modern rooftop sign — essentially an electronic advertising billboard — on the historic Lit Brothers Building along Market Street East.

2012/11/09

(The former Lit Brothers department store building at 7th and Market Streets in center city Philadelphia. Credit: Ed Fischer)

Electronic Displays Atop Historic Philadelphia Building Get Tentative OK

Eleanor Gesensway, who had led the original effort to save the building in the ’80s, called the proposal “a travesty” that “desecrates the honesty of the building.”

2012/09/14

(Artist's rendering of the planned marquee for the new Inquirer/Daily News headquarters, in the 800 block of Market Street. Image provided by Phila. Historical Commission)

Inquirer’s New Headquarters Won’t Have ‘Daily News’ on the Marquee

The Philadelphia Historical Commission has approved the newspapers’ plans for a lighted marquee that will extend four feet over the sidewalk on the 800 block of Market Street.

2012/04/13