Pre-Registration Recommended: $250 Series / $30 Per Lecture

Members of AIA Philadelphia,

The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia,

& the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks:

$200 Series / $25 Per Lecture

Young Professionals (under 35): $100 Series / $15 Per Lecture

Register via: www.PhiladelphiaCFA.org

Philadelphia’s Center for Architecture presents a new lecture series on everything you always wanted to know about Philadelphia architecture and city planning, but were afraid to ask.

Tour guides from the Center’s Modern Metropolis walking tour are frequently asked questions such as:

- Why are streets in Philadelphia so narrow?

- Why are there so many abandoned buildings in Philadelphia?

- Why are architects crazy about the PSFS building?

- What makes City Hall unique among municipal buildings in the US?

- What sections of the city were considered to be early suburbs?

Building Philadelphia answers these questions and many more. A broad range of topics relating to Philadelphia's three hundred years of architecture, urban planning, and political/social history are explored in the series. The series begins with William Penn’s original vision for Philadelphia, while subsequent presentations cover three centuries of American architecture as represented in this city. Not only will movements and styles of architecture be discussed, but also important city plans and the influences of social and economic events relating to the architecture of Philadelphia.

Lectures are given by a selection of architects, urban planners, architectural historians and social historians from local universities and architecture firms. The schedule of lectures follows:

APRIL 7 - Penn’s Plan and the Founding of the City

John Andrew Gallery, Executive Director,
            Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

APRIL 14 - From Colonial Capitol to the Athens of America:

     Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival

Richard Webster, PhD, Professor Emeritus, West Chester University

APRIL 21 - Romantic Philadelphia: Eclecticism of Style

Richard Webster, PhD, Professor Emeritus, West Chester University

APRIL 28 - The Victorian City

Jeffrey Cohen, PhD, Bryn Mawr College

MAY 5 - Going on Stilts: The Tall Building in 19^th c. Philadelphia

Paula Spilner, PhD, Drexel University

MAY 12 - The Hidden City: Archaeology of Philadelphia

Rebecca Yamin, PhD, John Milner Associates, Inc.

MAY 19 - Planning the Modern City: The Parkway and Society Hill

David Brownlee, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

MAY 26 - Looking Down on William Penn:
                           Philadelphia’s Modern Skyline

Amy Slaton, PhD, Drexel University

JUNE 2 - Misfits and Heroes: Modernism in the Delaware Valley

William Whitaker, Curator, Architectural Archives, 
            University of Pennsylvania

JUNE 9 - Philadelphia in the 21^st Century

Allan Greenberger, AIA, Executive Director,
            Philadelphia City Planning Commission

The course is open to all and is also a prerequisite for those wishing to train as tour guides for the Center for Architecture and the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, new sponsor of the former Landmarks Tours. Participants are a lively and diverse group from a wide range of backgrounds and professions, from architecture enthusiasts to design professionals, and lay people to business people. Individuals who complete the full series are invited to apply to become volunteer tour guides at both the Center for Architecture and the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia.

Building Philadelphia is the new name for the Philadelphia Architecture lecture series, which originated at the Foundation for Architecture in 1986.  Last presented by the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks, this series has introduced hundreds to the story of Philadelphia and its architecture. The Center aims to continue the tradition of this essential educational program.