Preservation Shining A Light On The Beacon Of Boathouse Row The peaceful Schuylkill River was once a bustling aquatic highway of commercial marine activity. Turtle Rock lighthouse was built in the late 1800s to keep traffic away from the river banks and Fairmount Water Works. ...
Art & Design A Decade In, Reflecting On DesignPhiladelphia Design Philadelphia's 10th year kicked off Wednesday night. With more than 130 events, the festival has come a long way since 2005. Marsha Gorshin takes a look back at their humble beginnings and the impact ...
Art & Design Fine Tuning At Cunningham Piano Company The Mural Arts Program is giving the vintage exterior signs of Cunningham Piano Company in Germantown a little polishing up. Maria Gorshin has the story on the project and some background on this world-renowned local ...
History Epic Little Boathouse Looks To The Future The first recreation building in the nation was the first skating club and later the first all-female rowing club. Maria Gorshin has the story--and Theresa Stigale the photos--in advance of the Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club's ...
Architecture Do You Believe In Reincarnation? Maria Gorshin has the story of a counter-intuitive--and well-conceived--proposal to revive the Divine Lorraine. Turn it into a columbarium for the storage, display, and visitation of funerary ashes and mementos of the lives of loved ...
History Court Tennis, Anyone? It's handball’s royal cousin, tennis’ prestigious ancestor, and a distant relative of Egyptian fertility rites. It's Court Tennis, Center City's most historic, under-the-radar sport. We visit the Racquet Club of Philadelphia for a closer ...
Architecture Crude, Violent & Revolting A look at the past--and possible future--of the Hale Building, often called Philadelphia's most bizarre ...
Urbanism A Side Street Saga Continues Figuring out whether tiny Irving Street is public or private has pitted neighbor against ...
