City Life Happy New Year from Hidden City January 4, 2021 | Hidden City Staff Hidden City is taking a short winter vacation. We’ll be back on Tuesday, January 19
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History A History of Slavery: President’s House Monument Turns 10 Amy Cohen explores the back story of “The President’s House: Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation” on the 10-year anniversary of its unveiling
Preservation Mt. Airy Couple Seeks to Create Community Space “For Us, By Us” in Philadelphia Sun Building Antoine and Samantha Joseph are raising funds to combine community-oriented development and historic preservation at the former offices of an African American newspaper on Germantown Avenue
Preservation English Country Manor Still Parties Like it’s 1929 Hope Montgomery Scott’s Ardrossan Farms was a magnet of Main Line society in the 1920s and 1930s, inspiring the iconic film, “The Philadelphia Story.” Today the impeccably-preserved Villanova mansion remains in family hands
Photography Tourist Photos From 1981 Reveal the Heart of “Old Philadelphia” A found collection of tourist photos from the summer of 1981 captures the character of the city
Urbanism Germantown’s Secret Pedestrian Mall Returns to Take Center Stage Born out of urban renewal in the 1970s, Maplewood Mall in Germantown reopens for business with a major reconstruction and 21st century upgrades
Preservation Moderne Landmark Deserves a “New Deal” With Historic Protections Mary Manfredi spotlights Nix Federal Courthouse on 9th Street and the Depression-era bas reliefs of Donald De Lue
Preservation Clothier’s Castle on the Main Line a Lesson in Adaptation From fortress to sanctuary, the former home of Strawbridge and Clothier co-founder Isaac Clothier has served many roles over the last 150 years. Stacia Friedman has the story
