History FDR Left Out Of DNC Day One, But Here He Is, Franklin Field, 1936 Left out of DNC Day One, FDR–and his liberal coalition–was the crucible of the present day Democratic Party and a sea change in Philadelphia politics. He accepted the 1936 Democratic Party nomination at Franklin Field; here is his speech in full
Art & Design At Penn’s New Park, Too Much Green Leaves Me Cold As in Penn Park, there is real ambition behind the just-opened Shoemaker Green on 33rd Street, writes Nathaniel Popkin, but the new public space leaves its star–the Cathedral of Basketball, the Palestra–lost in the woods
History The Olympics Once Were Here. Sort Of. On this opening day of the 2012 Olympics, Steve Currall has the story of two days in July, 1980, when Philadelphia hosted the Liberty Bell Classic, an alternative Olympics for nations who followed the US boycott of the Moscow games
