Preservation Black Doctors Row and Sister Rosetta Tharpe House Added to the Historic Register Celia Jailer has this report from the July 2022 meeting of the Philadelphia Historical Commission
Preservation Bancroft Green Gives An Old Church New Purpose In Mt. Airy Contributor Virginia Lindak takes us out to Northwest Philadelphia where an eco-minded development firm is giving Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church a new lease on life
History New Museum In The Works For America’s First Male Saint The Shrine of St. John Neumann on Girard Avenue is a melting pot brimming with religious devotion. It’s also a destination for curious tourists looking to get a glimpse of the saint’s body enshrined in a glass casket. A museum dedicated to the life and work of the famed Philadelphia bishop will open this spring. John Henry Scott has the story
History Waking The Quakers As Callowhill Stirs Harry K. takes us inside an old Quaker meeting house at 6th and Noble that was leveled with the rest of East Callowhill during urban renewal. The industrial area is springing back to life after decades of desolation
Preservation Infill Philadelphia Brings Communities Together By Design Sacred Places/Civic Spaces helps three houses of worship plan for the future by opening their doors to the neighborhood. Starr Herr-Cardillo has the story
Art & Design North Broad’s “Lion Of Zion” Finds Strength In Design Zion Baptist Church opens its doors to a sustainable future and a North Philly revival. Rachel Hildebrandt has the story
History Secrets! Romance! Scandal! The Hush-Hush Love Of Philly’s Paint King And His Irish Lass Harry K. takes us to Old City where the flames of a secret affair scorched newspaper headlines in the early 1900s
Architecture Summoning The Spirit Of A Victorian Masterpiece Gone, but not forgotten. The Shadow channels the ghost of the Henry J. Morton Guild House, a beautiful Victorian hall designed by famed Philadelphia architects Wilson Brothers & Company
