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Preservation

Stephen Girard Building Springs Back to Life With New Hotel

Canopy, a boutique Hilton Hotel, opens this week in the Stephen Girard Building on 12th Street

History

In Philadelphia, Black Tour Guides Balance Local History With “His Story”

Keshler Thibert examines the persistent racial divide between traditional interpretation and marginalization in the historic tour industry

History

Catching Up With a Baseball Legend in Port Richmond

The 2020 Major League Baseball season cautiously begins today with no fans in the stands and just 60 games. Kimberly Haas introduces us to a little-known local celebrity of the sport: The Neatsfoot Oil Refineries Corporation

Preservation

Advocates Mobilize to Save a Mid-Century Modern Icon

In Chestnut Hill, the Dorothy Shipley White House gets a helping hand

Photography

Saving South Street Through the Lens of Denise Scott Brown

Celebrated architect Denise Scott Brown and writer Jeremy Eric Tenenbaum take us back to the 1960s when an army of neighbors fought city government to save South Street from the Crosstown Expressway

History

Confronting our History: A Monumental Challenge

On the eve of Independence Day 2020, Amy Cohen uncovers some inconvenient truths about our nation’s first president and a war memorial in Washington Square

Development

Real Estate Developer Gets His Bearings at Wayne Junction

Ken Weinstein declares victory after a battle to rescue two decaying industrial buildings in Germantown

City Life

The Perfect Father’s Day Card For My Gay Dad

For Father’s Day, Amy Cohen shares memories of her civically engaged dad who came out as gay in the late 1970s and lived with HIV for 20 years

A Victory for Heros: The Battle Behind the All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors

Saving South Street Through the Lens of Denise Scott Brown