Anybody see the latest edition with Pat Croce on the cover? Really well done. Thank God their back, it's nice to have a publication that talks about "us."

hmm....i got it and was so excited to receive it but thought it was a let down. i'm looking for articles on small space living and found it to be filled with advertisements and photos of social events. was very disappointed.

I picked up a copy in NoLibs & also thought it was going to be about rowhomes & the architecture & how to fill spaces with smaller square footage. The entire thing was about S. Philly & ads....

I was let down at the lack of 'row home'.

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I feel similar about the lost potential of that magazine. I decided not to seek out a print copy after looking at the the website a few times.

Still, I'm looking for something that might be a combination of "this old house" , "sunset", and any number of interior decorating mags, but for the smaller urban row or terraced house. yeah, ok, it's yuppie-ish thing to want, maybe, but I also love this area and want to preserve all the great things about it and my precious little hard-earned home.

Perhaps there just isn't enough of a market to support expensively produced glossy print mags like that. Glossy blog, anyone?

The earlier editions were better in that they spotlighted a particular house.

The name of the magazine is just a title. I doubt he was ever supposed to be a "How to" guide or a DIY to living in a rowhouse. For example, Philadelphia magazine is not just about Philadelphia.

However, I equate it with a South Philly version of Philadelphia magazine so i enjoy reading it. Hopefully, we will not have to wait so long for the next editions

I agree with you. The earlier editions were better.

Way too many adverts for my taste. However, I do enjoy reading the few articles of the places that I am familiar with.

I too thought it would be about ya know-- row homes-- architecture, design, remodels, decoration, furnishings but instead it is all ads. really disappointing. doesn't speak to me at all.

I can think of at least 15 different articles I wouldn't mind seeing, related to city rowhouse living, homeowning, buying and maintaining, selling, and none of them are the splashy decorating makeover picture essays. My point is, there is no shortage of meaty material to write about, in addition to decorating and design pics, how-tos, and diy essays.

Likewise, I can think of half a dozen different styles of rowhouses in Phila alone that may have issues distinctive from the other types. (e.g. Airlites vs. trinities) And then, there are at least a half dozen metro areas in the eastern US with what we'd call rowhouses, and they're all over every old city in europe. There surely must be some good ideas among all these row houses, whether old, really old, new, medieval, etc.

I just can't figure out why the magazine I'm imagining doesn't exist for these people, when it seems obvious to me that more and more people are shoe-horning themselves into tighter urban spaces all the time.

Maybe it should be called, South Philly Row Home, because it is more a Philly Mag for South Philadelphians.
I love it! Pure camp! Looking forward to seeing the new issue.

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