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Khmer Monastery In Kingsessing Enlightens The Schuylkill
Architecture

Khmer Monastery In Kingsessing Enlightens The Schuylkill

Dan Papa celebrates the Cambodian New Year with a look at the Wat Khmer Palelai Buddhist temple under construction in Southwest Philly

In Kingsessing, A Colonial Cottage Keeps History In Place
Preservation

In Kingsessing, A Colonial Cottage Keeps History In Place

Just off of Woodland Avenue among a block of crumbling rows stands a small, stone farmhouse that has miraculously withstood time and tide for over 250 years. Contributor Ann de Forest has the story behind the tiny colonial cottage on Vogdes Street

Back From The Brink In Kingsessing
Preservation

Back From The Brink In Kingsessing

A professor, a developer, and a former mayor team up to save a church designed by Furness, Evans & Co

Three Centuries And Countless Incarnations In Paschalville
History

Three Centuries And Countless Incarnations In Paschalville

In Southwest Philly, traces of the Revolutionary War and Underground Railroad survive if you know where to find them. The Shadow Knows, as he digs into the Garrick House’s history

Preservation

Death and Life at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Part 2

Why Mt. Moriah matters

Photography

Forlorn and Forgotten

Harry Byrne brings us this photo essay on Mt. Moriah cemetery pre-cleanup, when nature still held sway

Death and Life at Mount Moriah Cemetery
Preservation

Death and Life at Mount Moriah Cemetery

The great uncovering begins


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