Re-remembering Philly’s War Heroes
A defaced memorial in Mount Airy, Lower Lancaster plan complete, a pop-up beer garden on Broad Street, Amistad sails to town, and a fun mural for Point Breeze > more
Only Temporary?
All across the city, we've come to rely on temporary interventions. Is this merely an honest approach or evidence of shrunken expectations? > more
On South Broad Street, A Lot Of Cool Stuff
The vacant lot across South Broad Street from the Kimmel Center has become a fulcrum for creativity. Come Monday, the space will be reborn as this year's Pop Up Garden, an initiative to populate the noticeable empty space with green landscaping and a beer garden with food from chef George Sabatino > more
At The Academy, The Birth Of Wire Transmission Of Music
Eighty years ago, Leopold Stokowski and pioneering sound engineers turned the Academy of Music into a multi-media hub for broadcast music. Jack McCarthy has the story of Bell Labs, Disney, and the first stereo broadcast performances > more
It Wasn’t Always The Avenue Of The Arts
Rachel Hildebrandt reminds us what South Broad Street was like before the major projects of the 2000s...not that long ago and yet seemingly erased from memory > more
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