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Winter 2025 Extant Magazine

• A Song of Survival and Loss: Preserving Philadelphia’s Musical Heritage
• Restoration Role Model: Ohio House
• Places to Save: University of the Arts Campus, Parke Building, Garden State Park Gatehouse
• Places Lost and Places Saved
• Unlisted Philadelphia: USS Olympia
• Final Word: The Sounds of Philly Reverberate Around the World

November To-Do List

Explore preservation events around Philadelphia with our monthly To-Do List!

October Advocacy Update: Provident Trust Co. Building Designated

At the October Historical Commission meeting, the Provident Trust Company Building at 1628-36 Chestnut Street was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. Nominated for designation by the Preservation Alliance, the building was designed by the renowned firm Rankin & Kellogg, with Carl Ziegler as consulting architect.

Changes in Dept. of Planning and Development

Roundhouse Nomination Continued Again

Next Steps in Airy Street Prison Redevelopment