Bob Skiba reviews the pathbreaking LBGTQ history of Dewey’s Famous coffee shop on 13th Street in Center City. The unusual one story building may be demolished

You can pass the Old Nelson Market and neighboring locksmith on 13th Street a hundred times and never notice it. But look up and see the pressed-tin sign advertising toupees, shampoo, and most noticeably, “ladies’ and children’s hairdressing.” Molly Lester looks into the hairdresser Binder and finds an immigrant Civil War hero

With this evening’s opening reception of “That’s So Gay,” an exhibition at the Library Company of Philadelphia—at 13th & Locust—the Gayborhood formally kicks off a year’s worth of celebrations leading up to the 50th anniversary of the Reminder Day demonstrations at Independence Hall that began on July 4, 1965. Gayborhood guru Bob Skiba traces the area’s evolution from seedy red light district to mainstream mainstay

The late Tony Goldman’s recent 13th Street project brought street art back to the Mural Arts Program in the form of three contemporary art projects–a fourth is on the way in October