Photography Haunting Holmesburg Prison It’s Halloween and we’ve rounded up the work of seven photographers for a super-sized photo essay on creepy Holmesburg Prison. Enjoy!
Preservation Saying Goodbye To Stokes House The end is near for the Stokes house of Holme Circle. Despite efforts by a local civic association to save the 19th century stone farmhouse at 2976 Welsh Road, it will be razed any day now for new residential development. Hidden City co-editor Michael Bixler took a trip out to Holmesburg to bid the building a fond farewell
Urbanism Saturdays At The Library Are Back In Holmesburg—And 11 Others This Saturday, a dozen branches of the Free Library of Philadelphia will begin six-day service—they’ll open on Saturdays—for the first time in four years. For the occasion, Sarah Barr profiles her local, the Holmesburg Branch
Art & Design At Holmesburg, Making Difficult Impressions Ben Leech meets the Spanish artists who turned the walls of Holmeburg cells into architectural prints displayed at Moore College’s gallery
Photography “The Burg” Introducing another potential site for the 2013 Hidden City Festival, historic Holmesburg Prison
History Spirit of Holme A historic school in Northeast Philly, established through the generosity of Thomas Holme, Pennsylvania’s first Surveyor General, is saved, to be renovated.
