In honor of the Semiquincentennial, David Owen Bell examines covert operations and tradecraft during the American War of Independence

In honor of Women’s History Month, Kimberly Haas introduces us to six female scientists who were the brains behind the ENIAC project

Alan Jaffe and Bryan Mckinney spotlight unique and significant buildings not listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in the architectural illustration series, Unlisted Philadelphia. In this installment, a mighty warship on the waterfront awaits historic protections

From military parades to pandemic learning pods, 23rd Street Armory rises to the occasion amid COVID-19 as a haven for underserved school children. Amy Cohen has the story

Sarah Kennedy takes us to the Quartermaster Depot in South Philly where a Christmas factory outlet and a surveillance center make strange neighbors

David Coyne traverses bramble and broken blacktop along Roosevelt Boulevard to reveal a military housing community that was evacuated and demolished in the 1960s

Why are some buildings on the National Register of Historic Places preserved while others are casually destroyed? The Shadow gives an example of this phenomena through the Wagner Free Institute of Science and the John F. Kennedy Vocational Center

Attention Navy enthusiasts and photographers interested in rare events: tomorrow, the USS Forrestal will be towed from the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The historic aircraft carrier’s final voyage will conclude its 59 years at a Texas scrapyard