Art & Design Replicas Of William Rush Originals Return To Fairmount Water Works Missing for decades, two signature sculptures come home to Fairmount Water Works. A. Leonard Pundt has the details on how conservation efforts and carefully-crafted reproductions brought the iconic public artwork back to life
History Inside Northeast Philly’s Temple Of Ryerss Harry K. takes us on a fall field trip to the Ryerss Mansion, an eccentric, little-known house museum in the Great Northeast
Urbanism The Best Seats In The City, Ban Be Damned Last week Friends of Rittenhouse Square and PPR announced a ban from sitting on the interior walls of the park. Two days later Mayor Jim Kenney reversed the rule. We take a look at life along the balustrades in these old photos
Urbanism Ailing Rec Centers Patiently Await Soda Tax Relief With the Soda Tax, the Kenney Administration has committed to addressing long-deteriorating conditions at neighborhood recreation centers with funding from bond sales and capital budget earmarks. But until revenue starts rolling in, communities continue to make due. Tyler Horst has the story
Urbanism East Coast Greenway Gains Traction With New Connections Trail connections in Tinicum Township and Lardner’s Point Park are the newest additions to the quickly expanding East Coast Greenway network in Philadelphia. Tyler Horst reports
Art & Design Of Monsters And Men: Philadelphia’s Rockwells Philadelphia’s Curtis Publishing Company made Norman Rockwell a household name, as the quintessential Americana painter contributed 323 covers to the Saturday Evening Post. But it’s his son Peter, who studied at Haverford and PAFA, who’s given Philly three of its odder sculptures
Urbanism The Devil Is The Detail “Notorious” Devil’s Pool? The most beloved place in the Wissahickon may suffer abuse and indignity every summer, but they are no match for its beauty and physiologic significance. Brad Maule defends the natural landmark
Urbanism Building Trails From The Past To The Future In Fairmount Park In West Fairmount Park, a network of trails—hiking, biking, cross country—weaves across itself with seemingly little rhyme or reason. But the Fairmount Park Conservancy is leading a project with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation to make the trails more sustainable and promote their use with better signage. Plan Philly’s Jared Brey and Hidden City’s Brad Maule lace up the boots and hit the trail