The Preservation Alliance’s magazine Extant debuted in Winter 2015. Published quarterly in collaboration with Hidden City Philadelphia, the magazine is distributed free to members and supporters. Click the covers below to read online.
- Stories of Pride That Won’t Be Erased
- Restoration Role Model: YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School
- Places to Save: Francis R. Strawbridge House, Wanamaker Building, 17 Elliott Avenue
- Places Lost and Places Saved
- Unlisted Philadelphia: University Parking Garage
- Final Word: Recalling and Celebrating the Often Hidden Stories
- Windows Into History and Inspiration
- Restoration Role Model: The Bellevue
- Places to Save: The Sprucemont, Old Main, Joe Frazier’s Gym
- Places Lost and Places Saved
- Unlisted Philadelphia: Finney & Son
- Final Word: Preserving Stained Glass Works ‘Wherever They Are Found’
- 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
- Challenges for Chinatown, Again
- Restoration Role Model: Birch Knoll
- Places to Save: Monumental Baptist Church, Big Brothers Big Sisters HQ, Chestnut Street Arcade, Overseas Motor Works
- Places Lost and Places Saved
- Unlisted Philadelphia: Zakian Carpets
- Final Word: Sustaining the Ecosystem that Gives Life to Chinatown
- Rebuilding our resources
- Restoration Role Model: The Battery
- Places to Save: RCA Building No. 8; Benjamin Cooper House, Camden; Philadelphia History Museum; Simpson’s Apothecary
- Places Lost and Places Saved
- Unlisted Philadelphia: Marine Barracks
- Final Word: Preserve Cultural Legacy, Too, Through Rebuild
- 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)
