JoAnn Greco

A refashioned LOVE Park opened without skateboarders and a replacement National Products building with its faked but convincing historic facade began filling up with renters; some might say the original versions were better. The iconic Curtis and Bourse buildings emerged from renovations as upscale food destinations. In West Philadelphia, the development of uCitySquare, a joint project of Science Center, Cambridge Innovation Center, Wexford Science and Technology, BioLabs, and Ventas continue...

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I .M. Pei designed Columbus’ Cleo Rogers Memorial Library
Photo by Don Nissen/Columbus Area Visitors Center
Industrialist J. Irwin Miller was in a bind. It was the mid-1950s, and in the two decades since he had joined Cummins Engine Company—co-founded by his great-uncle in 1919—he had pushed the diesel manufacturer to record profits. Now, as chairman, he was at the helm of a major player on the international stage. But it had the unlikely circumstance of being based in Columbus, Indiana...

George E. Thomas Gr’75 loves to talk about Philadelphia’s role as the first city to erect a truly modern building in the United States. But the former Penn faculty member isn’t referring to the 1932 International-style PSFS skyscraper, designed by George Howe and William Lescaze. He’s talking about the dazzling, over-the-top Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts by Frank Furness and George Hewitt, which opened on North Broad Street back in 1876, the year the country celebrated its Centennial ...

This summer, the V&A has opened the largest and most comprehensive exhibition ever staged in the UK on the House of Dior – the museum’s biggest fashion exhibition since Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty in 2015. From 1947 to the present day, Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams traces the history and impact of one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers, and the six artistic directors who have succeeded him, to explore the enduring influence of the fashion house.
Based on the major exh...

LESSER-KNOWN TREASURES AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO CONTAIN MULTITUDINOUS WORLDS IN PACKAGES SMALL AND LARGE
Every visitor to the Art Institute of Chicago encounters its famous characters: a stony-faced Midwestern couple and their pitchfork, three silent New Yorkers in a brightly lit corner diner, some 30 park-goers (plus a few dogs and one monkey) who have come to recreate on the Seine. But these ever-intriguing subjects, found within the frames of three of the museum’s most iconic works—...

What 'Downton Abbey' Costumes Are on View at the Wi...

On a screen in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a vintage black-and-white photo of a packed Penn classroom appeared, labeled Architecture Studio. It depicted students under the tutelage of Paul Philippe Cret (pronounced Cray)bent industriously over their desks, while a scrawled message on the back wall proclaimed: “¡Yea! Cret.”
David Brownlee, the Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor of 19th Century European Art, paused for a moment as his audience burst into appreciative laughter. The graf...

Common wisdom says that raising a dog in a big city can be tough. After all, our pups need to be walked, scooped and exercised. They crave companionship, and they generally take up more room than some apartments will allow.
All true, but no real obstacle for Manhattan residents who will find an abundance of dog runs, boutiques, daycares and groomers waiting around just about every corner. “With so many options available all over Manhattan, it doesn’t matter how much outdoor space you have, wh...