Art & Design Choreographing A New Life For The Old Pearl On South Street Dance studio on South Street to be ready next month, Manayunk church getting ready for spring restoration efforts, four homes to begin construction in NoLibs, and SEPTA announces fare payment ...
Urbanism Logan Community Planning Process Begins Tonight With Charrette A year long planning process in Logan seeks to engage with the community—especially youth. The process begins tonight at ...
Urbanism New Park At Pier 68 Bookend Of $5 Million New Waterfront Investment New trail investment to be spurred by a William Penn Foundation grant will mean an unimpeded walk (or ride) from Walmart to Penn Treaty Park. More funding is needed, as Steve Currall ...
History How Philly Got Its Shape That strange Philly shape: how did it get there? And why? Steve Currall traces all the geopolitical, economic, municipal, and accidental sources that led to the setting of Philadelphia's boundaries, imaginary, and sometimes hidden lines ...
Art & Design Imaginative Lighting Proposed For Fishtown The Art Commission will evaluate the renderings for "The Three Clans," by Donald ...
History When President-Elect Lincoln Came To Independence Hall With Southern states already seceding, Lincoln was greeted by an enormous crowd--the largest and loudest and most voracious of his inaugural ...
History The Olympics Once Were Here. Sort Of. On this opening day of the 2012 Olympics, Steve Currall has the story of two days in July, 1980, when Philadelphia hosted the Liberty Bell Classic, an alternative Olympics for nations who followed the US ...
Art & Design The Last Elephant of West Mount Airy A remnant of a Chestnut Hill public art exhibit is on display in West Mount Airy, a colorful reminder of the wildness that lurks beneath our concrete ...
