For decades, the iconic “PSFS” sign has shined in the Philadelphia night sky from atop the PSFS Building at 12th and Market. PSFS stood for Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, the saving bank company for whom the building was commissioned. The bank, founded in the early 1800s, had outgrown its existing......
While nowadays there are plenty of companies that would love to own a well-preserved historic property, doing so wasn’t always something companies had in mind decades ago – especially if that property had been in their possession for many years. That was the case with the Joslin Dry Goods Co.......
Denver’s Magnolia Hotel – now one of several Magnolia-branded hotels throughout the country – came about as the result of a ‘90s adaptive reuse project. The building, located at 17th and Stout streets in Denver’s financial district, first opened in 1911 as a new headquarters building for the First National......
The Renaissance Hotel building in downtown Pittsburgh is a distinctive part of the city’s skyline, sitting just off the south end of Roberto Clemente Bridge. The 13-story, Renaissance Revival style building at 107 Sixth Street opened in 1906, originally known as the Fulton Building. It was commissioned by entrepreneur Henry......
For nearly a hundred years, the building at 250 W. Larned Street in Detroit served as the headquarters building for the city’s fire department. The fire department headquarters building was constructed in 1929. Designed by architect Hans Gehrke, who also designed multiple local fire stations, the five-story building featured a......
Now a mixed-use center of activity in Denver’s LoDo district, the Denver Union Station building has a history dating back to 1881. That’s when Denver Union Station was first built at 1701 Wynkoop Street, although it looked quite a bit different than it does today. The original Italian Romanesque-style building......
Guests who stay at the TWA Hotel in Queens, New York, are treated to quite a blast from the past. The 512-room hotel, located at JFK International Airport, was built around the existing TWA Flight Center which once served as the airport terminal for Trans World Airlines and had sat......
