History American Bible Society Brings Tours and Trepidation to Old City The American Bible Society is planning a robust virtual tour program with its forthcoming museum in Old City. However, some local religious historic sites worry about how their own stories will be told
Preservation The Crowning Glory of Christ Church’s Steeple Comes Down for Restoration In Old City, Christ Church’s 265-year-old weathervane come down from the steeple to undergo restoration. Kimberly Haas has the details
History How Franklin’s Grave Became A Monument And Philadelphians Were Persuaded To Like It Nearly 70 years after Benjamin Franklin’s death, public outcry demanding honor for the Founding Father transformed a battered, overgrown gravesite into a popular tourist destination. But the real story isn’t at all what we’ve been told. Join Mark Dixon as he uncovers truth and public deception behind the hole in the wall at Benjamin Franklin’s grave
Architecture A Newer Pavilion For An Older Bell An RFQ has been put out by Christ Church for a new facility to house its historic Great Bell—a bell cast fifty years before the Liberty Bell at the same foundry
History Skyscraper Page, Circa 1755 For nearly a century, it stood in the record books: America’s tallest building. Harry K reaches into his Encyclopedia for the story of Christ Church, earliest icon of the city
History Something New In America: Serious Opera, 1757 It was a musical winter in Philadelphia, as students of the College of Philadelphia, including Francis Hopkinson, put on the “Mask of Alfred”