Preservation More is More: Reimagining Relics of the Gilded Age Their glory days long faded, the relics of the Gilded Age offer potential for creative reinvention and interpretation as exuberant as the era that created them
Preservation A Neighborhood Revival in the Northeast A classic “middle neighborhood,” Tacony draws on its industrial and utopian heritage to bridge storied past to vibrant future
Preservation Digging Deep Urban archaeologists unearth full and complicated histories that buildings alone cannot tell
Preservation A Prison Reformed: Eastern State Penitentiary Confronts Injustice 50 years after Eastern State Penitentiary closed, the historic site takes an active stand against mass incarceration
Preservation The Greenest Building on the Block The simple, essential act of saving buildings from our past holds the key to a sustainable future
City Life The Ordinary Extraordinary: Making History Tangible at the Colored Girls Museum What happens when whiteness is no longer the center of experience? The Colored Girls Museum in Germantown flips the script on conventional house museums and celebrates “home space” as the place where Black women and girls get things done.
Preservation Mt. Airy Couple Seeks to Create Community Space “For Us, By Us” in Philadelphia Sun Building Antoine and Samantha Joseph are raising funds to combine community-oriented development and historic preservation at the former offices of an African American newspaper on Germantown Avenue
Preservation Legendary Philly Soul Studio and Brutalist Icon Go Before Designation Committee Starr Herr-Cardillo has this roundup of local register nominations on the agenda for the August meeting of the Philadelphia Historical Commission’s Designation Committee
