Preservation Coasting Along Callowhill’s Bike Lane to the Past A former bicycle factory at 10th and Buttonwood Streets switches gears to meet 21st century needs
History Bad Things in Philadelphia: Stealing Elections on Skid Row Hidden City’s Skid Row scholar Steve Metraux examines rigged polling in the 1950s and the flophouse vote
Preservation Northern Liberties Couple Digs History After Unearthing Artifacts Beneath Their Home Matt and Melissa Dunphy dug deep into the world of amateur archeology after discovering a Colonial-era privy while renovating their home. Michele Zipkin has the story
Urbanism For Callowhill Neighborhood, Whose BIDing Will Be Done? Longtime Callowhill residents and real estate developers clash over the creation of a Business Improvement District as the neighborhood begins to transition. Kimberly Haas has the story
History Waking The Quakers As Callowhill Stirs Harry K. takes us inside an old Quaker meeting house at 6th and Noble that was leveled with the rest of East Callowhill during urban renewal. The industrial area is springing back to life after decades of desolation
History An Indelible Corner Of The Eraserhood The Shadow heads down to the corner of Ridge Avenue and 11th Street where an attractive wire and steel warehouse stands out like a diamond among broken glass
History Running Away With The Circus At 10th And Callowhill Harry K. takes us under the big top on Callowhill Street where acrobats, elephants, and clowns once charmed city crowds
History Assuming Room Temperature At The City Morgue The Shadow gives us a stiff lesson on corpse storage and the history of Philadelphia’s morgues
