Restoration Project Gives New Life To Ben Franklin’s Grave
Benjamin Franklin's tombstone gets some desperately needed TLC. Tyler Horst has the story > more
How Franklin’s Grave Became A Monument And Philadelphians Were Persuaded To Like It
Nearly 70 years after Benjamin Franklin’s death, public outcry demanding honor for the Founding Father transformed a battered, overgrown gravesite into a popular tourist destination. But the real story isn't at all what we've been told. Join Mark Dixon as he uncovers truth and public deception behind the hole in the wall at Benjamin Franklin's grave > more
Long Delayed, The Bridge To Break Ground In Old City
Fifteen year of development hell over tomorrow for Old City apartment complex, still going for old Engine 10; City Hall courtyard mosaic being restored; and measuring the capacity of the Parkway > more
Benjamin Franklin Museum Opens This Weekend, Free Of Its Old Quirks
The brand new Benjamin Franklin Museum opens on Saturday. Bicentennial baby Brad Maule finds the charm of its predecessor missing from the sleek new museum > more
Something New In America: Serious Opera, 1757
It was a musical winter in Philadelphia, as students of the College of Philadelphia, including Francis Hopkinson, put on the "Mask of Alfred" > more
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