Deborah Myerson

Philadelphia is experimenting with the latest trend in public housing: creating low-density, mixed income communities in historic-looking rowhouses.

Q: When is a street not really a street? A: When it's a lifestyle center.

How many bricks need to be saved to make it historic preservation?

Try to design a building for people who are faced with prolonged exposure to extreme cold, months of darkness, and a desolate landscape. Welcome to Antarctica.

Local governments and private property owners battle it out over preserving scenic character.