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Abandoned Ghost Station On Spring Garden Awaits Resurrection
History

Abandoned Ghost Station On Spring Garden Awaits Resurrection

In the shadow of the Rail Park, Ed Duffy summons the spirit of an old, decaying train station

For Callowhill Neighborhood, Whose BIDing Will Be Done?
Urbanism

For Callowhill Neighborhood, Whose BIDing Will Be Done?

Longtime Callowhill residents and real estate developers clash over the creation of a Business Improvement District as the neighborhood begins to transition. Kimberly Haas has the story

An Indelible Corner Of The Eraserhood
History

An Indelible Corner Of The Eraserhood

The Shadow heads down to the corner of Ridge Avenue and 11th Street where an attractive wire and steel warehouse stands out like a diamond among broken glass

Running Away With The Circus At 10th And Callowhill
History

Running Away With The Circus At 10th And Callowhill

Harry K. takes us under the big top on Callowhill Street where acrobats, elephants, and clowns once charmed city crowds

Assuming Room Temperature At The City Morgue
History

Assuming Room Temperature At The City Morgue

The Shadow gives us a stiff lesson on corpse storage and the history of Philadelphia’s morgues

Marked Potential: Northern Savings Fund
Architecture

Marked Potential: Northern Savings Fund

Interior architect Shila Griffith brings SoHo art space sensibilities to the vacant, fortress-like Northern Savings Fund bank at 6th and Spring Garden with this month’s Marked Potential

At 7th And Spring Garden, Confronting The Racism Of Poe
History

At 7th And Spring Garden, Confronting The Racism Of Poe

Edgar Allen Poe’s time in Philadelphia will forever be enshrined in masterful gothic tales and bouts of boozy mania. But the author’s reputation as an anti-abolitionist? Contributor Max Marin visits Poe’s old stomping grounds where his racist views casts a complicated shadow on the wall of a public housing apartment complex

Brewing With Solidarity At W/N W/N Coffee Bar
City Life

Brewing With Solidarity At W/N W/N Coffee Bar

A cooperative-run coffee and cocktail bar on Spring Garden Street goes deep for the W/N W/N. Joseph Brin has this story of building a business with consensus


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