Kensington Workshop Keeps Neighborhood Clocking In
Inside a 124-year-old mill in Kensington, World Manufacturing Inc. is buzzing with work orders. Theresa Stigale puts us on the production line with this photo essay > more
Industrial Heritage On Washington Avenue Destroyed
Demolition of Frankford Chocolate Factory has begun. Rob Masciantonio gives us a look inside > more
Frankford Chocolate Factory Demo Calls Motivation & Process Into Question
If you think something seems off about the pending demolition of the former Frankford Chocolate Factory on Washington Avenue you are not alone. Contributor Starr Herr-Cardillo takes a look > more
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 > more
A Mid-century Mirage At 13th & Lombard
The Shadow slips behind the stucco of this illusive apartment building to reveal nearly a century of commercial occupation > more
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