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Forgotten Furness Arch Uncovered, Restoration Process Begins
Architecture

Forgotten Furness Arch Uncovered, Restoration Process Begins

Ben Leech on the story of a Penn Design student’s uncovering of the long forgotten 1876 arch, designed by Frank Furness for the Centennial world’s fair, and the effort to clean it up

Name This Clock Week Four
Architecture

Name This Clock Week Four

We have a round three winner of Name This Clock–and your telling hint for round four

More Phantoms of Fairmount Park
Art & Design

More Phantoms of Fairmount Park

April is park month, according to the Maskar Philadelphia calendar and almanac, which features a schematic map of lost monuments from the Centennial World’s Fair

History

In Fairmount Park, Discovering Lost Landscapes

Veteran garden and horticulture writer Nicole Juday debuts a new column on Philadelphia’s lost landscapes by digging through time and space around West Fairmount Park’s Horticultural Center

This Is Philly
Art & Design

This Is Philly

The annual Maskar Philly Calendar and Almanac arrived yesterday–the whole city infographed

What’s In A Name?
History

What’s In A Name?

With eight vacant schools threatened with demolition, we trace city history through the people who were honored with an eponymous school

Do Not Stammer!
History

Do Not Stammer!

A rowhouse on Spring Garden Street once promised “deliverance from lingual bondage”


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