In the News: Philadelphia Magazine Highlights Diplomat Hotel’s “Clever” Design

The Diplomat Hotel, a boutique hotel by Core Development and Host Aid, was featured in Philadelphia Magazine’s Old City’s Newest Boutique Hotel Honors Philly’s Founding Father in Clever Ways by Emily Goulet.

Goulet writes, “Franklin himself would surely appreciate this effort and the result, an homage reflective of his own words: ‘Wish not so much to live long as to live well.’”

Read the article at: https://www.phillymag.com/life-style/2026/09/23/the-diplomat-hotel-old-city/