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Hidden City Celebrates a Decade of Publishing
City Life

Hidden City Celebrates a Decade of Publishing

We have reached a milestone, Philadelphia! Join us in raising a glass to ten years of Hidden City

A Performance of Freedom
History

A Performance of Freedom

The policing of Black bodies began as soon as there was a Philadelphia. Nathaniel Popkin traces this long history and suggests how today’s protests continue and also defy it

Preservation

On Frankford Chocolate, Journalistic Integrity, And Hidden City

Why a writer was allowed to use a pseudonym and what we’re going to do about the issue going forward

With Philly At “Turning Point” Redevelopment Authority Sharpens Its Focus
Development

With Philly At “Turning Point” Redevelopment Authority Sharpens Its Focus

Hidden City connects with Redevelopment Authority director Gregory Heller on his vision for the agency’s role in Philadelphia’s growth

Monument Lab: A City-Wide Art Museum That Asks Us To “Leave Fingerprints”
Art & Design

Monument Lab: A City-Wide Art Museum That Asks Us To “Leave Fingerprints”

We ought to write our own history, say the organizers of Monument Lab, who launch their multi-week public art and civic introspection festival today in the wake of Charlottesville, Dallas, and Durham. Nathaniel Popkin catches up with Monument Lab founder Paul Farber, who asks us all, “What is an appropriate monument for Philadelphia today?”

Fierce & Fashionable: Philadelphia Female Labor Fighters Of The 20s & 30s
History

Fierce & Fashionable: Philadelphia Female Labor Fighters Of The 20s & 30s

New book examines Kensington’s radical hosiery workers and women in the labor movement from the Jazz Age to the New Deal. Nathaniel Popkin has the review

In “Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture,” The City Is A Muse
Architecture

In “Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture,” The City Is A Muse

Groundbreaking exhibit of the work of Louis Kahn brings his ideas to life, says Nathaniel Popkin

With New Penn’s Landing Plan, A Central Park
Urbanism

With New Penn’s Landing Plan, A Central Park

Lost in the intense news cycle: major news about the at-long-last redevelopment of Penn’s Landing. Nathaniel Popkin has a look


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