Architecture Philly Modernism Takes Center Stage at National Symposium May 20, 2022 | Kimberly Haas Docomomo US comes to Philadelphia to spotlight the city’s midcentury pedigree
Preservation Old Estate in Chestnut Hill Saved by Artful Intervention Woodmere Art Museum’s gallery expansion plan keeps St. Michael’s Hall from the wrecking ball. Stacia Friedman has the news
History Ghost Signs of Philadelphia: Maritime Phantoms in Old City Jordan Keiffer tracks down the history behind old advertisements in his monthly column, Ghost Signs of Philadelphia. In this installment, sailing the high seas of nautical history
Preservation Publicly-Owned Philly History Handed Over to Private University The City of Philadelphia has officially transferred ownership of 130,000 artifacts from the collection of the Philadelphia History Museum to Drexel University. Kimberly Haas has the details
Art & Design Animal-Humans, Living Appliances, and Exquisite Tortures: The Life and Art of Arnold Hendrickson Justin Duerr uncovers a forgotten artist with roots in Philadelphia’s 1960s counterculture
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
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
History Wissahickon Inn: the Hotel that Launched Chestnut Hill Stacia Friedman checks in at one of Northwest Philly’s most influential landmarks
Preservation Digging Deep Urban archaeologists unearth full and complicated histories that buildings alone cannot tell
