Preservation New Lease on Life for Historic Bookbinder’s Building on 15th Street A new restaurant and live music venue brings a Center City landmark back from the dead
Preservation Charitable Church in Center City Seeks Helping Hand With Repairs Arch Street United Methodist Church, in operation since 1870, needs assistance with its steeple restoration
Art & Design Courthouse Time Machine Connects Philly with 1995 Ann de Forest has this love letter to the mural inside the Criminal Justice Center at 1301 Filbert Street
History Ghost Signs of Philadelphia: Reedmor Books in Center City Jordan Keiffer tracks down the history behind old advertisements in his monthly column, Ghost Signs of Philadelphia. In this installment, a family history with literary flair
History Sansom Street Beatnik Bust Recalls the Bad Old Days of Center City Nick Fiorellini recounts Frank Rizzo’s coffeeshop raids where his Center City police squad targeted gay men and interracial couples
City Life My Mom and Center City: A Love Story In this endearing essay Amy Cohen recounts how her suburban-born mother blossomed into a passionate Philadelphian
City Life Everything You Always Wanted to Know About The Pleasure Chest* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) For Valentine’s Day, Amy Cohen takes us inside the oldest sex shop in Philadelphia and one of the longest-running small businesses in Rittenhouse Square
Photography Sixty Years Of Holiday Cheer At Wanamaker’s The Historical Society of Pennsylvania gives us a look at the origins of a holiday tradition at the Wanamaker Building
