Frank Gehry

Philly’s “Rocky Steps” Endangered?

A major expansion of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, whose steps are the scene of Rocky Balboa’s training runs in the movies and one of Philly’s most popular tourist spots, may lead to a major modification or even removal of the steps.  …

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Lower Manhattan’s New Skyline

Lower Manhattan, arguably the original home of the skyscraper, has seen its profile altered over the years by new buildings of varying size and quality. In the past half-dozen years, two new and very tall ones have taken the trend in different…

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Manhattan from the Other Shore

Manhattan’s skyline is constantly, although the changes are not always instantly obvious, at least not so much as the change between the city’s days as a port where the ships lined the shore and the growth of huge buildings clustered together in their…

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