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Preservation

Urban Renewal Redux? City Goes After More Tax Dollars for Demolition

July 25, 2022 | Kimberly Haas

City Council passes a new bill that promotes razing buildings as a way to increase economic development

On the Waterfront: Chronicling the Lives of Philly’s Black Seamen
History

On the Waterfront: Chronicling the Lives of Philly’s Black Seamen

Keshler Thibert explores the history of African American sailors and dock workers on the Delaware River

Arch Street Project Examines Life and Death in Colonial Philadelphia
Preservation

Arch Street Project Examines Life and Death in Colonial Philadelphia

Forensic scientists and archeologists uncover life in the 1700s through the recovery of human remains

Black Doctors Row and Sister Rosetta Tharpe House Added to the Historic Register
Preservation

Black Doctors Row and Sister Rosetta Tharpe House Added to the Historic Register

Celia Jailer has this report from the July 2022 meeting of the Philadelphia Historical Commission

Ghost Signs of Philadelphia: Steinmetz Marble Works in Callowhill
History

Ghost Signs of Philadelphia: Steinmetz Marble Works in Callowhill

Jordan Keiffer tracks down the history behind old advertisements in his monthly column, Ghost Signs of Philadelphia. In this installment, a rock-solid stone mason on Ridge Avenue

POOL Explores the History of Segregation in Aquatic Recreation
Art & Design

POOL Explores the History of Segregation in Aquatic Recreation

A new exhibition at Fairmount Water Works dives into the civil rights struggle to swim as equals. Kimberly Haas has this review

Artist Explores Urban Renewal at Park Towne Place
Art & Design

Artist Explores Urban Renewal at Park Towne Place

Mid-century apartment towers become vessels for expression in a new art exhibition

Preservation Group Mobilizes to Save Lynnewood Hall
Preservation

Preservation Group Mobilizes to Save Lynnewood Hall

A Gilded Age mansion in Elkins Park has been reawakened. Kimberly Haas and Peter Woodall take us inside the legendary home

Photographer Captures Heaven on Earth at Devil’s Pool
Photography

Photographer Captures Heaven on Earth at Devil’s Pool

In her new book, Sarah Kaufman distills an endless summer in the Wissahickon

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