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A New Exhibition at Friends Select School Explores Continuity and Change
History

A New Exhibition at Friends Select School Explores Continuity and Change

Quaker values and education for all illuminate the Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Places to Save: Winter 2026
Preservation

Places to Save: Winter 2026

The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia highlights buildings under threat with its quarterly list, Places to Save

Calder Gardens Debuts on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Art & Design

Calder Gardens Debuts on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway

A national treasure comes home to Philadelphia

Artist Explores Urban Renewal at Park Towne Place
Art & Design

Artist Explores Urban Renewal at Park Towne Place

Mid-century apartment towers become vessels for expression in a new art exhibition

Je t’aime, Jawn Française! New Book Explores Philly’s Inner Francophile
Architecture

Je t’aime, Jawn Française! New Book Explores Philly’s Inner Francophile

In celebration of Bastille Day, Kimberly Haas takes a look at Philadelphia’s long infatuation with French design

A Symbol of Survival and Hope Returns to the Parkway
Art & Design

A Symbol of Survival and Hope Returns to the Parkway

After 30 years in storage, “Maja,” a Bauhaus sculpture that evaded destruction in Nazi Germany, graces Philadelphia’s grand boulevard again

Public Space Rises from the Stacks at Parkway Central
Architecture

Public Space Rises from the Stacks at Parkway Central

Michael Bixler has this preview of the three new public spaces opening on Friday at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Parkway Central branch

A Century Of Public Events On The Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Photography

A Century Of Public Events On The Benjamin Franklin Parkway

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania takes a look at big public shindigs and the making of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway through rarely seen photographs from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania


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