“The Rosenfeld Gallery on Arch Street was among the casualites as galleries in Old City took a devastating hit this year.” | Photo: Alejandro A. Alvarez, for The Inquirer
- In an Inquirer piece this weekend Stephen Salisbury considers the fading fortunes of the once robust Philadelphia art gallery scene, which has seen six of its Old City storefronts closed since last fall. “Is this just normal churn in a notoriously fickle and difficult business?,” he asks. “Or does it herald something more momentous?” Salisbury’s sources proffer various diagnoses: the Internet, itinerant art fairs, nonlinear thinking, rising rents, as well as an unresponsive city government.
- Today the Planning Commission will likely begin the formal authorization process for the already agreed upon leasing of (and eventual purchase option for) 21.8 acres from Tinicum Township, Delaware County to be used for the Philadelphia International Airport’s planned $6.8 billion expansion, reports Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal.
- A report from the advocacy group Public Citizens for Children and Youth notes an inauspicious funding gap between Philadelphia’s neighborhood high schools, and its magnet and special-admission schools. “If Philadelphia is going to move the needle on its graduation rate,” argues Donna Cooper, PCCY’s executive director, “the place to do that is in the typical neighborhood high school that is still struggling to get all of its students to graduation and with skills.”
About the author
Stephen Currall recently received his BA in history from Arcadia University. Before beginning doctoral studies, he is pursuing his interest in local history, specifically just how Philadelphians engage their vibrant past. Besides skimming through 18th century letters, Steve is also interested in music and travel.
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