Remembering Buck, One Year Later
After a year of coping with the loss of the Buck Hosiery mill and two firefighters who died trying to put out the fire that brought it down, the city's would was ripped open again over the weekend in Fabric Row. Theresa Stigale remembers Buck with these photos taken in that fire's cleanup > more
All Smiles On Woodland Avenue
Native daughter Theresa Stigale returns to "The Ave" to find most of the old shops gone, but a new diversity and vitality in its place. She talks to the optimistic shopkeepers about the life of one of Philadelphia's great shopping streets > more
Manufacturing A Good Time
What to do with all these old factories? In recent years, developers have found a new approach: open them up for parties and events. Theresa Stigale pokes around Kensington and Fishtown and finds some of the best > more
In Port Richmond, An Industrial Legacy Lives On
Last year, the descendants of the original CH Masland, who built the nation's largest auto carpet mill in Port Richmond, returned to their great-great grandfather's factory. Theresa Stigale accompanied them on the Hidden City version of "this is your life" (and she stuck around to talk to photograph some of the building's current tenants) > more
Downstairs In A Century Old Masonic Lodge, Preserving The Spirit Of The Times
We're reminded that preservation takes many forms. Here's a few of them in a single initiative, Todd Kimmell's The Grand Review, which finds, collects, restores, and reprints vintage American art--all in a restored early 20th century bowling alley > more
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