A German Singing Society In Kensington? U.G.H.
At Second and Norris, a strange and wondrous circa-1890 building served a series of German singing societies. GroJLart pokes around and along the way discovers a goddess museum > more
Animal Plantation By The Market Street El
A plantation house by the El on the 4400 block of Market Street in West Philadelphia? The Shadow, well he knows--and here's the story > more
Slaughterhouse 3000 (Market Street)
The Shadow digs through the rising glass and steel of University City to find....still standing proudly...a cow pasture in the sky > more
Amidst A Redeveloping Waterfront, An 1830s Row Lives On
Just about halfway between Greyhound bus parking and a popular gentleman's club & steakhouse, a block of rowhouses has survived the post-war, post-industrial growth of Northern Liberties' eastern flank. GroJLart tells us all about the Coats family of Old Philadelphia and this heirloom still standing and serving many purposes today > more
Old Northern Liberties In Old City
On one of Vine Street's few blocks in Center City without screaming expressway traffic, an old Northern Liberties bank lives on as Old City residences. GroJLart profiles its history > more
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