Hello friends,

My sweet Dad is back in the hospital so I hopped a train south from NYC today (Sunday) for some quality time. Hopefully a medication adjustment for this lousy condition gets him back to well pronto.

I grew up two hours from Philly and have visited plenty, but it’s still completely foreign to me.

Even in the city’s rundown parts, the architecture is breathtaking. Divine Lorraine Hotel is one example. I am fascinated with this building–and apparently I’m not the only one. There’s even a t-shirt.

A deal was recently made to reclaim the building and create apartments. Can you imagine living in this historic building?

More pics via Instagram (which aren’t embedding for me today – apologies):

Something about this place makes me want to learn more about its past #divinelorraine #hotel #philly #historiclandmark

A post shared by Matt N (@ninerzbrewz) on Jun 11, 2015 at 8:36pm PDT

The building originally functioned as apartments, housing some of Philadelphia's wealthy residents. Lorraine Apartments was one of the most luxurious and best preserved late 19th-century apartment houses in Philadelphia. In 1900 the building became the Lorraine Hotel. #divinelorraine

A post shared by Aaron Bliese (@apbfoto) on Jun 7, 2015 at 8:56am PDT

Divine appointments… Look for an upcoming feature story in our debut edition, July 3. Photo by our Creative Director @julianngates

A post shared by The Philadelphia Evening Post (@phillyeveningpost) on Jun 1, 2015 at 3:41pm PDT

I hope you’ll keep Dad in your thoughts. And I hope you’ll be patient with my lack of blog posts right now. I’ll be back on track soon.