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New Museum In The Works For America’s First Male Saint
History

New Museum In The Works For America’s First Male Saint

The Shrine of St. John Neumann on Girard Avenue is a melting pot brimming with religious devotion. It’s also a destination for curious tourists looking to get a glimpse of the saint’s body enshrined in a glass casket. A museum dedicated to the life and work of the famed Philadelphia bishop will open this spring. John Henry Scott has the story

Boxing Ring, Catholic School, Photo Shop: The Variegated Story Of Grays Ferry’s Wharton Hall
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Boxing Ring, Catholic School, Photo Shop: The Variegated Story Of Grays Ferry’s Wharton Hall

Decades after its last active tenant cleared out—and 120 some years after its construction—Wharton Hall appears to have a new lease on life. GroJLart digs in at 26th & Wharton to find the story of this Grays Ferry building


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