Libbie Hawes worked for a decade as a theatrical properties master, and went on to attend University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, earning her master’s degree in 2010. She has a particular affinity for traditional building technology and vernacular architecture. Libbie is the Buildings and Grounds Coordinator at Cliveden of the National Trust and a Program Assistant at the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Northeast Field Office.
Hidden City Philadelphia announces a Call for Proposals for its summer 2013 Festival featuring site-specific works in lesser-known and inaccessible sites of historical and community interest throughout the city. Hidden City invites proposals that illuminate the past, present and future of participating sites.
Hidden City is launching its new roster of programs and the next festival with the help of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. All gifts and memberships will be matched one to one up to $100,000 through the 2011 Philadelphia Knight Arts Challenge, and will be acknowledged on the Hidden City Daily site and in literature for the 2013 Festival.The secret lives of buildings from the anonymous author of Philaphilia.
Forget Wikipedia, Harry Kyriakodis has the answers.
Joe Brin finds stories the old fashioned way. Serendipity in the streets of Philly.


