City Life A Victory for Heros: The Battle Behind the All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors In the 1920s, Black Philadelphians fought city and state agencies to honor African American war veterans with a public monument. Ed Duffy recalls the struggle and triumph
City Life The Perfect Father’s Day Card For My Gay Dad For Father’s Day, Amy Cohen shares memories of her civically engaged dad who came out as gay in the late 1970s and lived with HIV for 20 years
City Life How My Grandmother Survived the Spanish Flu In this essay Paul Steinke shares his resilient grandmother’s experience during the pandemic of 1918
City Life Philly Fashion Boutique Brings Family Trade Back to Bella Vista Lobo Mau, a sister and brother design team, carries on their family’s fashion legacy in South Philly. Stacia Friedman has the details
City Life Broadcasting Landmark in West Philly Keeps Rocking Around the Clock At 45th and Market, an historic hotspot of youth culture endures. Stacia Friedman has the story behind the building that became the birthplace of the original Bandstand TV program
City Life Everything You Always Wanted to Know About The Pleasure Chest* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) For Valentine’s Day, Amy Cohen takes us inside the oldest sex shop in Philadelphia and one of the longest-running small businesses in Rittenhouse Square
City Life Playing on Hallowed Ground: Hidden Cemeteries and the Modern City Underneath many of Philadelphia’s community playgrounds lay the remains of burial grounds lost in relocation. Kimberly Haas takes a look at this oddly common confluence of the living and the dead
City Life Happy New Year From Hidden City The Hidden City team is taking a short winter vacation. We’ll be back on Tuesday, January 21
