This two-day symposium will focus on the history and development of the rowhouse in Philadelphia, critically evaluate its current conditions, and identify the inherent advantages and challenges associated with its preservation in a 21st-century context.
Current List of Speakers
Day One October 7, 2022 | The Rowhouse & Its Context: History, Development, Culture, Typology
- Charles Duff (Jubilee Baltimore): “The North Atlantic Cities: An International Region of Architecture and City Design With its Centers in London, Amsterdam, and Philadelphia”
- Ted Maust (Elfreth’s Alley): "The Homes of Elfreth’s Alley as Early Philadelphia Row Houses"
- Jeffrey Cohen (Bryn Mawr College): "Fire’s Collateral Gift to History: Seeing Rowhouses Through the Lens of Old Insurance Surveys"
- Kim Hoagland (Michigan Technological University): “D.C. Rules! Building Regulations in the Nation’s Capital”
- Paul Hirshorn (Drexel University): "A Comparative Study of Philadelphia Rowhouses"
- Donna Rilling (Stony Brook University (SUNY)): “The ‘Poorer Class of the People of Colour in West Philadelphia’ Build”
- Amy Hillier (University of Pennsylvania): “Du Bois’s Investigation of Philadelphia’s Seventh Ward”
- Bruce Laverty (The Athenaeum of Philadelphia): “Mining Rowhouse Gold: Old Collections Newly Accessible”
- Andrew Dolkart (Columbia University): “The Philadelphia Rowhouse Reborn”
- Francesca Ammon (University of Pennsylvania): “Preserving Society Hill: Mapping the Sites and Stories fo Change in an Urban Renewal Neighborhood”
- Brian Phillips, FAIA (ISA - Interface Studio Architects): "Field Notes from a Rowhouse City Architect"
Day Two October 8, 2022 | Preservation & Adaptation: Practice & Future Strategies
- Nikil Saval (PA State Senator): "SB1135 The Whole-Home Repairs Act of 2022: Preserving the Philadelphia Rowhouse and the Rural Farmhouse"
- Jill Roberts (Clarifi) and Jane Allen (Office of Nikil Saval): "Preserving the Rowhouse City, House by House: The Healthy Rowhouse Project and Restore Repair Renew / Overcoming Local, State, and National Political Divides to Fund Home Repair"
- Liz Robinson (Philadelphia Solar Energy Association): “Can Philadelphia Become the City of Carbon Free Rowhome?"
- Paul Thompson, AIA, CPHC (BluPath): “Current Trends in Passive Rowhouse Design”
- Mike Hauptman, AIA (Brawer & Hauptman Architects): “Queen Village—Philadelphia’s First Neighborhood Conservation District”
- Preservation Case Study Pecha Kucha Presentations featuring APT-DVC Members
- Timothy Lynch, PE and Justin Spivey, PE (Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates): "Structural Challenges of Shared-Wall Buildings"
- Panel Discussion: "The Future of the Philadelphia Rowhouse," moderated by Inga Saffron (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
For questions please contact [email protected].
Presented by the Weitzman School's Graduate Program in Historic Preservation and the Association for Preservation Technology Delaware Valley Chapter