Preservation In Sharswood, Effort To Save Dox Thrash House Gains Momentum As modern urban renewal continues to erase African-American history in North Philly, one group works against the odds to preserve a renowned Philadelphia artist's legacy. Starr Herr-Cardillo has the ...
Development Testing The Gentrification Narrative At Temple University Development and displacement go hand-in-hand, but every situation is unique and gentrification isn't always an entirely accurate assessment. Contributor David Hilbert takes a look at the North Philadelphia neighborhood surrounding Temple University where new construction ...
City Life Ruminating On Lost Columbia Avenue In this third installment in our series, Ethan Wallace examines the long term effects the Columbia Avenue riot has had on this weary section of North Philadelphia. Dubbed an "extinction event", Wallace sifts through the ...
History ‘Scared Half To Death,’ Reporter Says Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Columbia Avenue riot. For the second installment of our series, we have a first person account by Philadelphia Evening Bulletin reporter William Naulty, who was sent in to ...
Preservation The Pretense Of Ornament This week, we began to search for images of Philly's golden age of jazz, the 1940s-1960s, and so far we've found almost nothing in the archives. But then most of that world is gone--eviscerated. Nathaniel ...
