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Row House Synagogue In South Philly Reborn
City Life

Row House Synagogue In South Philly Reborn

Joe Brin checks in at our favorite 109-year-old row house synagogue, Shivtei Yeshuron, where membership is flourishing and programming is humming along

Encore At Kelly Natatorium: One Night Only (For Now?)
Art & Design

Encore At Kelly Natatorium: One Night Only (For Now?)

In May, the Hidden City Festival breathed life into the Kelly Natatorium for the first time in over 40 years. This Saturday, brothers Will and Brooke Blair and their friend Craig Hendrix lead an ensemble who will perform an opera in the space, one inspired by the water that’s the very reason it was built

Resurveying The Deindustrialization
Art & Design

Resurveying The Deindustrialization

As the push and pull of the ongoing land bank legislation trudges along, vacant mega-lots like those in Kensington have jumped to the top of the news cycle. But they’ve long inspired artists to dig beneath the grime to find their story. Nicolas Esposito talks with one such artist, Maria Möller, as her Hexamer Redux project uses the old Hexamer maps to resurvey Kensington’s post-industrial spaces

At Last, The Festival Instagram Contest Winner
Photography

At Last, The Festival Instagram Contest Winner

The Hidden City Festival is over, and with that comes a grand prize winner in the #igers_philly_hiddencity Instagram contest. And that winner is . . .

Putting the Bibo in Bibotorium
Art & Design

Putting the Bibo in Bibotorium

Camp Little Hope has thought out every aspect of their Bibotorium project at the Kelly Natatorium–even the best way to serve iced tea.

Our City Of Ruins
Art & Design

Our City Of Ruins

The final weekend of the Hidden City Festival spells the final weekend to see Ben Neiditz’ and Zach Webber’s amazing installation Ruins at High Battery, an entirely different look at historic Fort Mifflin

Looking Beyond The Festival At Hawthorne Hall
Preservation

Looking Beyond The Festival At Hawthorne Hall

As the Hidden City Festival winds down, the question “what’s next?” is perched on many a tongue at a number of the sites. Sandra Kalanyan talks with the People’s Emergency Center to find the answer at Hawthorne Hall. Featuring photos of Rabid Hands’ Society of Pythagoras installation by Peter Woodall and Brad Maule

Festival Finale: Plan Your Weekend With These Highlights
Art & Design

Festival Finale: Plan Your Weekend With These Highlights

The final weekend of June marks the final weekend of the Hidden City Festival 2013. This guide highlights some of the events that will take us on home


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