Philadelphia is a city of row houses – from the colonial era trinity to the 19th century workingman’s house and the 20th century airlite. We talk about the history of this housing style that dominates ...

3 sisters and 9 children identified as victims of the Philadelphia row house fire, family says By Amir Vera , Jason Hanna , Paul P. Murphy , Taylor Romine and Laura Dolan , CNN 7 minute read ...

But the term’s popularization, however, he said, may have been fueled by an age-old competition: Philly versus New York City. ‘City of homes’ vs ‘tenement city’ Philadelphia was still something of a ...

There are many different kinds of houses, but when it comes to city living, row houses are a shining example of how creative and efficient design can make the most out of a minimal amount of space.

At least 13 people — including seven children — were killed Wednesday when a fire tore through a city-owned row home in Philadelphia and the smoke detectors failed to go off.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A rundown row house in the impoverished Mantua section of Philadelphia had a colorful, centurylong record of occupancy before its last longtime residents died and it became a ...

That excavation caused a more-than-century-old row house next door at 729 N. 16th St. to begin giving way, ... Neither the Regis Group nor the city of Philadelphia responded to requests for ...

A fire in a Philadelphia row house killed at least 12 people Wednesday morning. Fire officials at first had said 13 died. Eight people were living in the first-floor unit and 18 people were living ...

The City of Brotherly Love is tackling rising unemployment and improving the energy efficiency of homes by training people to weatherize its estimated 400,000 low-income row houses.