History At 18th & Spruce, the More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Stacia Friedman traces the history of 18th and Spruce Streets to show how urban intersections evolve over time ...
History Honoring Universal Suffrage & the Election Day Riots of 1871 As Philly polling stations prepare for Tuesday's municipal elections, Amy Cohen takes a look at the local election of 1871 that ended in racial violence and political ...
History Finding Edgar Allan Poe: Philadelphia’s Forgotten Hometown Hero Edgar Allen Poe wrote some of his most defining work while living in Philadelphia, but his connection to the city's historic narrative remains overlooked ...
History New Book Battles Old Ways of Telling Germantown’s History Author David W. Young's new book counters Germantown's dominate, colonial narrative with the neighborhood's social ...
History Special Collections Show Their Stuff for Archives Month Philly Archives Month Philly kicks off with a long list of October events in the Delaware Valley. Kimberly Haas spoke to archivists from across the region to get the details on what's in store this ...
History Still Chugging Along: Exploring Philadelphia’s Other Broad Street Station Ed Duffy dives deep into the origins of a litttle-known Neoclassical train station in North ...
City Life Final Plans To Transfer Philadelphia History Museum Collection To Drexel University Unveiled The Philadelphia History Museum is officially dead. The large collection of beloved city artifacts will be transferred to Drexel University. Kimberly Haas has the ...
History Settlement Houses: Doing Good in the Neighborhood Stacia Friedman takes a look at Philadelphia's long tradition of providing social welfare and education through settlement houses, some of which still serve communities ...
