Grandeur of historic courthouse restored
Dignitaries gather to celebrate rebirth of landmark 1847 building
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
District Judge Gwenn Knapp (from left), Tony Polito from West Chester Men’s Service Club, Commissioner Ryan Costello, Commissioner Kathi Cozzone, Chester County Court President Judge James P. MacElree II and Commissioner Terence Farrell assemble for the ribbon-cutting at the historic...
West Chester to debut its Walk of Fame
Seven honorees will be celebrated Sunday with memorial plaques
Thomas U. Walter, the renowned architect who designed the historic courthouse in West Chester, is one of the inaugural honorees for the West Chester Walk of Fame.
From artist N.C. Wyeth to architect Thomas U. Walter, West Chester will inaugurate its Walk of Fame on Sunday, Oct. 27, with the unveiling of seven plaques at a 2 p.m. ceremony...
Six-year spat over church expansion ends
Architect’s plans for historic building wins over most critics
By Kathleen Brady Shea Managing Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
An architect's rendering of the revised entrance to The First Presbyterian Church of West Chester.
WEST CHESTER — For nearly six years, a controversy over a historic West Chester church’s expansion generated rhetoric that could politely be termed un-Christian.
But...
