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The Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania presents VOLUME ZERO: UNCOVERING LOUIS I. KAHN’S BALTIC ORIGINS A Lecture by Rebecca Tyng Kantor Monday, October 5 at 6:00 p.m. The Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA RSVP to the Kelly Writers House wh@writing.upenn.edu A reception will follow the presentation. Rebecca Tyng Kantor, granddaughter of architect Louis I. Kahn, travelled to the Baltic this summer to investigate her grandfather’s unknown family history. From rural farmhouses, to art nouveau apartments, to a castled island, this presentation will follow her journey and discuss how she will use her research to form the ... Read more»

Drexel University Department of Architecture presents Farajollah & Maryam Badie Arfaa Lecture Series NEW MUSEUM PROJECTS – INTEGRATING ARCHITECTURE AND THEME by Philip Freelon, FAIA Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6:30 PM Mandell Theater, Drexel Univ, 33rd & Chestnut Streets Cost: complimentary Registration: Not Required This Lecture is worth 2 AIA /CES Learning Units Contact: Paul Hirshorn, 215-895-2409, architecture@drexel.edu In 1990, Philadelphia-native Philip Freelon established the Freelon Group in North Carolina. Now a large, award-winning firm, it specializes in designs for higher education and science and technology. Mr. Freelon and his firm have secured their greatest renown, however, for several museums that commemorate the Civil Rights Movement and the African-American ... Read more»

Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center presents MEET THE AUTHORS: ALONG THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER Sunday, October 4, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. 640 Waterworks Drive Free and open to the public, no registration required. For more information about Interpretive Center events, call 215-685-0723 or visit http://www.fairmountwaterworks.org/ Meet Kurt Zwikl and Staff Writer Laura Catalano, authors of Along the Schuylkill River. This newly published book of historic photographs tells the story of the Schuylkill River, the canal and the communities along it. Highlighting the book are multiple images of the Schuylkill Navigation System, including old canal barges, mules, boatmen and locks - all part of an infrastructure that was once ... Read more»

The Pennsylvania Museum & Historical Commission, the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, and the Friends of Franklintown Park presents BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS STATE HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION In Franklintown Park, 19th & Hamilton Streets, 2:00 p.m. In 1835 Matthias Baldwin built Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia's Bush Hill. Expanding from its original site at Broad and Hamilton Streets to encompass 39 buildings covering 17 acres, it became the leading manufacturer of Steam locomotives for the U.S. and the world. This area was transformed from a rural estate into one of the City's first factory neighborhoods. At its peak in 1907, Baldwin employed over 18,000 men. ... Read more»

AIA Philadelphia and Gensler & Kimpton Hotels present THE ARCHITECTS BUILDING: REBIRTH AND RESTORATION Thursday, Sept. 24, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. 117 South 17th Street, Philadelphia Continuing Education: 1.5 AIA/CES (HSW/SD) LUs Cost: $10 AIA members/$20 non-members/$5 AIA Associate members Registration: Required at 215-569-3186 x 105 or pat@aiaphila.org, http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?4W,M3,e2355608-207a-49e6-949d-e0c24a8e6d0e Please join AIA Philadelphia, Gensler and Kimpton Hotels for a tour of the Architects Building, now the Hotel Palomar.Hotel Palomar, the former home of AIA Philadelphia, is a LEED registered luxury hotel and a testament to eco-friendly hotel design. The hotel features 230 guestrooms, 6,000 SF of meeting and event space and original architectural detailing.

Center City District presents RENOVATION OF DILWORTH PLAZA OPEN HOUSE Tuesday, September 22 at 6:00 p.m. AIA Philadelphia, Center for Architecture 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia Free and open to the public. Registration not required http://centercityphila.org/invitations/dilworth092209.php The City of Philadelphia, in partnership with the Center City District & SEPTA, is hosting an Open House for the public to hear a presentation by the design team and review plans for the Renovation of Dilworth Plaza. The reconstruction of Dilworth Plaza at City Hall is among the most significant opportunities Philadelphia now has to transform an inhospitable plaza into an extraordinary centerpiece of the city's physical and civic fabric. The ... Read more»

Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion presents MEET EBENEZER MAXWELL MANSION'S NEIGHBORS Saturday, September 19, 10 a.m. 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia $20/person Registration: Required Contact: Diane Richardson, 215-438-1861, emaxwellmansion@yahoo.com, http://www.ebenezermaxwellmansion.org Join an architecturally guided tour of Tulpehocken Station Historic District to view six lovely Victorian mansions plus a sneak peak into one. Start and end at the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, Philadelphia's only authentically restored Victorian house museum and garden. Refreshments served. Children over 12 welcomed.

Lancaster Museum of Art present O. WINSTON LINK: THE RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHS on exhibit August 7 – September 27, 2009 135 North Lime Street, Lancaster, PA 17602 Phone: 717-394-3497 http://www.lmapa.org/ Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; 1st Friday of the month: 5 - 8 p.m. ; Sunday: Noon - 4 p.m.; Closed Monday Thursday September 17, 6:00 p.m. Lecture by Thomas Garver Trains That Passed in the Night: O. Winston Link's Railroad Photos and How He Achieved Them. O. Winston Link’s photos are one-frame narratives of 20th-century transportation. An American photographer, his images capture the last days of the steam operation on the Norfolk and Western Railway in ... Read more»

Philadelphia Brewing Company presents ORTLIEB'S, BREWERS BY BIRTH SINCE 1869 An illustrated talk by Brewery Historian Rich Wagner Saturday September 12, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.. Philadelphia Brewing Company 2439 Amber Street, Philadelphia. (Near Frankford Avenue and York Street) www.philadelphiabrewing.com/ 215-427-2739 Free and open to the public, no reservations required. The Philadelphia Brewing Company brews fine hand crafted Ales from a historic brewery building in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. Like the history of brewing in Philadelphia the name "Philadelphia Brewing Company" has gone through many revivals. The same can be said of our brewery building - the former Wiesbrod and Hess Brewing Company complex in Kensington. You can find ... Read more»

Preservation Alliance Walking Tours presents LEWIS & CLARK IN PHILADELPHIA Saturday, September 12 at 10:00 a.m. Meet at NW corner, 5th & Arch Sts. Reservations not required. $10 Adults; $8 Students; $5 Preservation Alliance Members (Please show your member card) Children 10 and under, accompanied by adult are free http://www.preservationalliance.com/events/walking_tours.php We'll visit the buildings that were here in first decade of the 19th century when Lewis and later Clark came to Philadelphia. Meriwether Lewis spent five weeks here in the spring of 1803 planning the historic expedition. He met with several members of the American Philosophical Society and purchased most of the supplies taken west with the Corps ... Read more»