Reuse / Rebuild : Featured Stories

The Franklin Fountain and Shane Confectionary pastry chef cooks up thoughtful, decadent treats with a local bent.

Mezalick Stained Glass pairs an artisanal approach with cutting-edge restoration techniques, giving ailing works new life.

In Port Richmond, a former textile mill houses the region’s largest collection of artists, small manufacturers and entrepreneurs. 

A local boatbuilder was robbed of $8,500 worth of bronze that is being used on their latest project. Now he has taken to Kickstarter.

Lessons from the Rust Belt could come in handy as Philadelphia's proposed land banking bill attempts to balance opportunity with regulation.

The nonprofit program has partnered with Pennsylvania Horticultural Society since 2003 to clean and green vacant lots across the city.

Ryan Kuck didn't intend to spread his love of community gardens, but organic growth has created more fresh food options in Belmont.

They're maximizing vertical space inside an old West Philly trolley manufacturing facility.

They're building banjos, walking on the trapeze and reclaiming cemeteries, and they all come here to get the tools they need.