Celebrated architect Denise Scott Brown and writer Jeremy Eric Tenenbaum take us back to the 1960s when an army of neighbors fought city government to save South Street from the Crosstown Expressway

Photographer Jeffrey Stockbridge captures the lives of Philadelphia’s opioid crisis in his new book, Kensington Blues. HC editor Michael Bixler has the review

Contributor Theresa Stigale documents life inside neighborhood barbershops with this photo essay

Volunteer PhillyHistory.org geotagger Louis Lescas is an urban historian, map wiz, and human GPS system all wrapped up in one. In this personal essay he shares his love and obsession with hunting locations of old photos for the Philadelphia City Archive

Philadelphia photojournalist John Mosley captured positive, empowering images of African American culture in the years between segregation and the Civil Rights Movement. A retrospective honoring his work is now on view at the Woodmere Museum in Chestnut Hill. Michael Bixler has the review.

There is nothing like lining up to buy baked goods in South Philly during the holidays. Theresa Stigale has this photo essay about Potito’s, a classic, family-owned neighborhood bakery at 16th and Ritner

An institution in South Philly for decades, the beloved American Thrift closed its doors last month. Hidden City contributor Kim Massare was there on the last day and has this bittersweet photo essay

An exhibit by the Philadelphia School Closings Photo Collective documents public schools that have been closed across the city. Hidden City speaks with photographer Katrina Ohstrom, who has curated a selection of photos that opens tonight at the Scribe Video Center