After just under two years at the helm, Philadelphia Center for Architecture director Hilary Jay has stepped down. The Center said in a statement that the departure was “mutual and amicable.”

But after the recent abrupt, mysterious resignation of Rick Bell from AIA New York for undisclosed reasons, we are left wondering what really is going on behind the scenes.

Jay’s legacy is the Design Philadelphia Festival, which she founded but will leave under direction of the Center.

“I move forward knowing that the festival is in capable and creative hands with Nova Harris as DP’s program manager,” she said in a statement

So the story goes…