Inga Saffron

Inga Saffron is the Architecture critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Garage threatens Convention Center area 12/03/2010: By Inga Saffron, Inquirer Architecture Critic

Changing Skyline: With the Convention Center in the final months of an expansion, developers are circling. But the first project to land is exactly what the area doesn't need.
Gehry's plans for Art Museum 11/19/2010: By Inga Saffron, Inquirer Architecture Critic

Changing Skyline: The Museum of Art recently gave me an exclusive peek at the design in progress, but declined to provide renderings. So pull out the museum's floor plan and listen carefully.
Changing Skyline South St. bridge returns as stroll bridge 11/05/2010: By Inga Saffron, Inquirer Architecture Critic

Changing Skyline: When the new South Street Bridge opens Saturday after a heroic, 23-month reconstruction, Philadelphia finally will have a downtown bridge that caters to all users - drivers, cyclists, and pedestrian, writes Inquirer architectural critic Inga Saffron.
CHANGING SKYLINE Outfitting a ruin 06/08/2010: Retailer Urban Outfitters is overhauling a Navy Yard workshop but saving its shabby charm. Renovation preserves the rough edges.

By Inga Saffron, INQUIRER ARCHITECTURE CRITIC
Seven more revolutions of Philly 03/18/2010: By Daniel Rubin, Inquirer Columnist

Daniel Rubin: City officials have been trying to attract conventioneers with a campaign called "Philadelphia: The Complete Package," which pictures iconic Philly sites rising over the gleaming skyline. Here's another idea: Think outside the cheesesteak.
A bridge too far 03/06/2008: Designed for vehicles, not pedestrians, a rebuilt South Street Bridge could widen the psychological divide between West Philadelphia and Center City.

By Inga Saffron , INQUIRER ARCHITECTURE CRITIC

A good bridge should connect people as well as places, but Philadelphia has been saddled with too many bridges that separate them both.
Daniel Rubin | Their love for Phila. was too much of a gamble 12/13/2007: By Daniel Rubin, Inquirer Columnist

Bob Sola can pinpoint the moment he started falling out of love. It was Dec. 19, 2006, and his girlfriend, Maureen Duffy, called him on the cell phone as he drove home from work to Fishtown.
Architecture Review An art palace well suited to Philadelphia 09/07/2007: The Perelman addition, meant to relieve the pressure on the museum’s overstuffed main building, takes modesty and restraint to a level rarely seen in major art venues.

By Inga Saffron, Inquirer Architecture Critic

In the Art Museum's new Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, Philadelphia has at last acquired a modern civic building that is a true Philadelphian.
Annette John-Hall | Commuters put the risk out of their minds 08/03/2007: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

As Joseph West watched news of the tragic Minneapolis bridge collapse on TV Wednesday night, the first thing that went through his mind was "that [expletive] South Street Bridge."
Changing Skyline | A slots barn, herding them in 05/11/2007: By Inga Saffron, Inquirer Architecture Critic

Given the proximity of the state prison across from Harrah's new Route 291 racino in Chester, the inmates probably enjoy the best views of the hall's dazzling neon marquee, with its oversized simulated slot machine. And given the cheerless design of Harrah's gaming floor, the state inmates are probably no less confined than the slots slaves tethered to their electronic consoles.