Photography Vitality Of Immigration Lives On In The Italian Market The Historical Society of Pennsylvania gives us a glimpse into the origins of the Italian Market, an evolving immigration legacy that is alive and thriving today
History New Audio Archive Gives Voice To Philly Immigration History Relive Philly public history in high fidelity through those who came before us. Historian Janneken Smucker gives us a listen inside the inner workings of the digital oral history project, “Philadelphia Immigration”
Photography Harvey Finkle: Photographer Seeks Justice For The Other New photography exhibition explores South Philly’s Jewish communities and the city’s transitioning immigrant populations. Joe Brin has the story
History Brooms, Buttons, & Busking: Memoir Of A Young Russian Immigrant In Philadelphia Contributor Amy Cohen gives us an intimate glimpse of immigrant life in the late 1800s with excerpts from a diary written by her great-grandfather Saul Kaplan
History Renovations In Bella Vista Reveal Barber Supply And Bootlegging Biz The Shadow takes a spin around the old Via Bicycle shop on 9th Street where a barber supply company peddled boozy contraband during Prohibition
Development In Age Of Trump, Philly Has Legal & Political Power To Resist: Here’s How Philadelphia’s future under President-Elect Trump “depends on the exercise of political power in Washington,” says Richard Schragger, the author of City Power: Urban Governance in a Global Age, in an interview with Nathaniel Popkin
Development In Kensington, Immigrants Spark A Philly Soccer Revival The city is full of youth athletic programs, but you’d be hard pressed to find one more diverse than the Kensington Soccer Club. The organization was created to provide instruction and outreach to children of the area’s growing immigrant population. Nic Esposito caught up with the club’s founders to discuss an observable shift in the neighborhood’s cultural dynamic through the lens of their sports program
Art & Design The Pintos: A Philadelphia Immigration Story, Told Through Art At Washington Avenue Pier With Pier 53 officially open on the Delaware Riverfront today, Philadelphia welcomes its newest parkāand its newest piece of public art. Brad Maule profiles Jody Pinto’s Land Buoy and the tale of art, nature, and immigration it weaves on the site where her father came to America with his family