Architecture Reporter to Icon: the Rise of Philadelphia and the Critic Who Covered It “Becoming Philadelphia,” Inga Saffron’s new book chronicling Philadelphia’s rising fortunes over the past 20 years, hits the shelves during a week of tumultuous change
History New Book Recounts Five Free Philadelphia Boys Kidnapped into Slavery Author Richard Bell tells the story of Sam, Joe, Cornelius, Enos, and Alex and their harrowing abduction in the 1820s by slave catchers
History New Book On W.E.B. Du Bois Colors In “White Space” The pioneering research of W.E.B. Du Bois on race, class, and data collection are on display in a strikingly visual new volume, “W.E.B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America.” Joe Brin has this book review
History New Book Gives Insight Into Uncovering Philly History Mickey Herr sits down with author and Philly historian extraordinaire Kenneth Finkel to discuss his new book, “Insight Philadelphia”
Art & Design Retro Roadmap Leads The Way To Old Philadelphia We take a ride around our fair city with travel writer Beth Lennon and her new book, “Retro Roadmap Pennsylvania: Mod Betty’s Guide to Philadelphia”
Architecture New Book Claims PAFA As Catalyst For Modern Design In his new book, “First Modern,” historian George E. Thomas asserts that Frank Furness opened the door to Modernism in 1876 with his design of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Joe Brin walks us through the architectural brilliance of the nation’s first art school with this review
History Fierce & Fashionable: Philadelphia Female Labor Fighters Of The 20s & 30s New book examines Kensington’s radical hosiery workers and women in the labor movement from the Jazz Age to the New Deal. Nathaniel Popkin has the review
Photography Kensington Blues Puts A Human Face On A Lost Population Photographer Jeffrey Stockbridge captures the lives of Philadelphia’s opioid crisis in his new book, Kensington Blues. HC editor Michael Bixler has the review
