History Peirce College: On the Move Since 1865 A fixture of Pine Street for over a century reroutes its in-person teaching to Rittenhouse Square
Development Imperial Theater in West Philly Faces a Bright Future Plans to incorporate a 100-year-old landmark into affordable housing and a community hub move forward
History New Tour Highlights Underground Railroad Sites in Upper Darby Bart Everts explores a self-guided tour of hidden Black history in Delaware County
Art & Design Have Art, Will Travel: Uncovering the 69th Street Branch of PMA Bart Everts takes us out to Upper Darby where the Philadelphia Museum of Art experimented with a neighborhood branch museum in the 1930s
History First Run: Camden’s Claim As Birthplace Of The Drive-in Theater Drive-in theaters were once synonymous with American automobile culture, summertime, and Saturday night. Now, only approximately 338 are still in operation today. Contributor Bart Everts takes us across the river to Camden where the world’s first drive-in was designed and patented
History An Anniversary To Forget: August 1, 1944 70 years ago, on August 1, 1944, white Philadelphia transit employees staged a wildcat strike to keep African Americans from becoming trolley drivers. At the height of the war effort, FDR had to step in
History Sci-Phi: Isaac Asimov’s West Philly Years He’s not often thought of as a Philadelphia writer, but Isaac Asimov, one of the towering figures of science fiction spent three years during World War II working at the Navy Yard and living in West Philly. Bart Everts has the story
Preservation Brewhouse, Jazzhaus, Ortlieb’s Lives On Amidst the dust of the demolition of the Ortlieb’s Brewery, the old Ortlieb’s Brewhouse, where the beer was once supplied by pipe from the brewery, endures–a reminder of the Northern Liberties’ beer history and the bar’s magic run in the 1980s and 90s as a mainstay for jazz. Bart Everts has the story with Peter Woodall’s photos
