Old House Journal

Philadelphia STORY

CHANGE IS GOOD, goes the adage. But for decades, change after change to a prewar apartment building, perched on Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, had dulled its shine to just a glimmer of what it had been.

Architect Douglas Wright saw the damage inflicted on the historic apartment building through records of cobbledtogether floor plans that had erased much of the 1920s character. With deep experience in renovating apartment buildings, Wright was perfectly poised to help restore the

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