City Life Concrete Cowboy of Southwest Philly Finds a New Home at Bartram’s Garden After being ousted from vacant, City-owned land, an urban cowboy and his posse of young protégées find a permanent place to hang their hats. Sam Newhouse has the ...
Preservation Reconnecting Horticultural History On The Schuylkill Bartram's Gardens and The Woodlands will reunite through connective access when the westward extension of the Schuylkill River Trail is complete. Contributor Starr Herr-Cardillo traces the deep-seeded relationship between these two National Historic ...
Urbanism Historic Green Space Restoration Underway At Bartram’s Garden New life for an historic green space at Bartram's Garden. Stephen Stofka reports on the restoration of Carr Garden, which dates to the early 19th century, as part of major preservation and infrastructure investment ...
History Pleasure Gardens, Without Worry, In The City In the early 19th Century, Philadelphians wanting to get away from it all often spent an afternoon, a day or more at one of several pleasure gardens sprinkled throughout town. Focusing on the resorts located ...
Urbanism Bartram’s Mile High As the Bartram's Mile segment of the growing and trail along the Schuylkill Banks inches closer to reality, neighbors and park users are invited to provide their feedback at meetings tonight and next Monday. Brad ...
Architecture A Place For Enlightenment In Southwest Philadelphia Beyond the boundaries of bucolic Bartram's Garden, postindustrial Southwest Philadelphia's places for peace are growing. Dan Papa pays a visit to the Khmer Palelai Buddhist ...
History Three Men And A Boat After a couple years without it, the pleasure cruise returns to the Schuylkill River this summer. Vivienne Tang and Theresa Stigale hop on board The Patriot to see what's in ...
History Jefferson’s Monticello On The Schuylkill Eager to escape the crowded city and yet unwilling to give up political influence on the direction of the new nation—and the world—the third president settled on the east bank of the Schuylkill at Grays ...
