Inga Saffron
@ingasaffron.bsky.social
Pulitzer Prize-winning Arch. Critic phillyinquirer & author “Becoming Philadelphia”, 20 years of columns, from rutgersupress Lotsa buildings on IG.
Me too! I hate the climbing gym, too.
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Me too! I hate the climbing gym, too.
More history, with images of the 1902 East Wing by Charles McKim, controversially demolished by Roosevelt in 1942 for the current version, which now being obliterated for who-knows-what architectural atrocity. www.whitehousehistory.org/an-ever-chan...
An Ever-Changing White House
The White House is the home to the president and his family; the office for the president and his staff; the ceremonial stage upon which our nation welcomes its most...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
More history, with images of the 1902 East Wing by Charles McKim, controversially demolished by Roosevelt in 1942 for the current version, which now being obliterated for who-knows-what architectural atrocity. www.whitehousehistory.org/an-ever-chan...
Hard to tell because the reporting has been so inadequate.
October 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hard to tell because the reporting has been so inadequate.
Thank you (and, yes). The fact that these lots are privately owned is problematic, but I’m sure a temporary guerrilla action would make the point. Thinking 8th and market Street.
September 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thank you (and, yes). The fact that these lots are privately owned is problematic, but I’m sure a temporary guerrilla action would make the point. Thinking 8th and market Street.
I did. That’s why it’s important to write full and careful sentences.
September 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I did. That’s why it’s important to write full and careful sentences.
Classic social media response: ignore that’s exactly what I said and then get on your high horse.
September 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Classic social media response: ignore that’s exactly what I said and then get on your high horse.
Reposted by Inga Saffron
Follow-up: a stirring, thoughtful review from the incomparable @ingasaffron.bsky.social. www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Calder Gardens is a luminous, magical spirit cave that subverts the Parkway’s monumentality
The project offers Philadelphia a new way to think about the flawed Parkway.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Follow-up: a stirring, thoughtful review from the incomparable @ingasaffron.bsky.social. www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...