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Charitable Church in Center City Seeks Helping Hand With Repairs
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

In Remembrance of Our Lady of the Rosary
Photography

In Remembrance of Our Lady of the Rosary

A beloved, West Philadelphia landmark was demolished this summer by Boys Latin Charter School following the Philadelphia Historical Commission’s decision to deny historic designation. Photographer Matthew Christopher takes us inside the grand church in its final days

Historic Church in Mt. Airy Blessed With Preservation
Preservation

Historic Church in Mt. Airy Blessed With Preservation

On Germantown Avenue a 125-year-old house of worship gets an adaptive reuse “amen”

Tattoo Studio Gives Old Fishtown Church a Helping Hand
Preservation

Tattoo Studio Gives Old Fishtown Church a Helping Hand

True Hand breathes life back into a 163-year-old church on Susquehanna Avenue

A Cut (From) Above: Clothing Fit For His Holiness
Photography

A Cut (From) Above: Clothing Fit For His Holiness

Renzetti-Magnarelli Clergy Apparel in South Philadelphia tailors some of the finest vestments this side of Rome. Contributor Kim Massare takes us inside the father and son team’s Broad Street showroom with this photo essay.

Preservation

Say Goodbye to the Fortieth Street ME Church

With no media attention, a historic church in West Philadelphia will be demolished.


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