Changing Skyline: Phila. architects offer some homegrown ideas

Garden designer Nate Reuther revived his Doylestown property, renovating the house, landscaping from scratch, and adding a tiny home.

The house has two bedrooms with a Jack-and-Jill bathroom between them, and an unfinished basement for storage.

Shawn Hagan retired as a city cop in 2024. Since then, his home-improvement company has racked up fraud charges in three counties. One family allegedly lost $100,000 and is still displaced.

Charlotte Burns brought her planting prowess to Fairmount’s Centennial Boulevard, known for its cherry trees and rowhouse gardens.

The house has four bedrooms and multiple bonus spaces.

Fernbank Farm features a roughly 1,500-bottle wine cellar and tasting room, a spa, and a heated saltwater pool.

Mita is ready to spend another $200 million on a resort proposed for the closed Wonderland Pier in Ocean City. And he has his sights on two other potential hotels.

Laura White’s gardening knowledge came from childhood memories and neighborly advice. She now cares for colorful blooms all around her Merion Station home.

Adding some shade can make outdoor space into a usable living area. Options abound at a range of price points.

The house in Montgomery County's Colonial School District has a fenced yard and a garage.

The Pannepacker family’s beach cottage has lots of surfboards, but no Wi-Fi. It’s a retreat long in the making.

One selling point: walking distance to Wawa.

Some people are sinking hundreds of thousands of dollars into outdoor entertainment centers. Others simply grab an iPad and a chair.

Fred and Barbara Zucker enjoy living in their apartment in Cherry Hill’s Plaza Grande and getting to know the neighbors.

Loren Gray’s home, built in the 1830s, is on the market with several recently renovated features.

Dolly Kelly’s North Wildwood cottage was too small for a big family. She rebuilt from scratch with the home’s history in mind.

The house is near the Weccacoe Playground and in the Meredith School catchment area.

The end of federal tax credits for rooftop solar and flexible new subscriptions have changed the pros and cons of leasing vs. buying.

“We don’t all need to have leaf blowers,” said Jo Winter, executive director of the nonprofit civic group sponsoring the initiative.

As AI leaders warn about the dangers of their own technology, the dissonance between the optimism of university leaders and the fears of many students and professors may increase.

Ferrante emphasized that each year brings a different team, but it took until this point in the season for last year’s group to click. He believes a similar trajectory will follow this weekend.

From giant screens to neighborhood bars with food and drink specials, here are the best places in Philadelphia to watch the Eagles this season.

Recent escalations in the war in Iran, including an attack on a major pipeline in Saudi Arabia, mean the rising gas prices bedeviling Republicans will not be going down anytime soon.

David Steiner, a onetime chief executive of Waste Management, has spent most of the past year atop the postal service navigating political and financial challenges.

Since August, Blanche has come under fire for making campaign-tinged public appearances and comments.