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 a powerful hosiery union

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 into the history of the old textile mill and details on plans for redevelopment

Starr Herr-Cardillo has this roundup of local register nominations on the agenda at the March meeting of the Philadelphia Historical Commission’s Designation Committee

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”

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

The saga of two historic banks struggling for survival under the EL continues. GroJLart has the update

Applause and anger filled the room at the monthly Historical Commission meeting on Friday. GroJLart has the details

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 review