Architecture Unlisted Philadelphia: Germania Turnverein/Knitter’s Hall Ben Leech spotlights unique and significant buildings not listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places with his architectural illustration series, Unlisted Philadelphia. In this installment, a Kensington corner with ties to German immigration and ...
Preservation In Kensington, Old Textile Mill To Be Revived With Apartments Gotham Hosiery, once the country's most popular pantyhose manufacturer, quickly rose to fame and crashed even faster. Now, the nearly 100-year-old mill at 2nd and Norris is getting a residential makeover. Rob Masciantonio dives deep ...
Preservation Interior Of 30th Street Station To Be Considered For Historic Designation Starr Herr-Cardillo has this roundup of local register nominations on the agenda at the March meeting of the Philadelphia Historical Commission's Designation ...
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 ...
Photography 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 ...
Development Historic Kensington Banks “For Sale,” But Not Really The saga of two historic banks struggling for survival under the EL continues. GroJLart has the ...
Preservation Praise And Protest At Historical Commission Meeting Applause and anger filled the room at the monthly Historical Commission meeting on Friday. GroJLart has the ...
History Fierce & Fashionable: Philadelphia Female Labor Fighters Of The 20s & 30s New book examines Kensington's radical hosiery workers and women in the labor movement from the Jazz Age to the New Deal. Nathaniel Popkin has the ...
