Wish You Were Here: Postcards From The Past Recall “Real Philadelphia”
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia's new exhibition, "Real Philadelphia: Selections from the Robert M. Skaler Postcard Collection," puts elusive images of working class city life in the limelight. Contributor Karen Chernick has the review > more
Wooden Icons of New York City’s Skyline Still Hewn in Olney
For the last 163 years, the Hall-Woolford Tank Company has supplied the Big Apple with its most enduring skyline icon: the rooftop water tank. Contributor Chris Dougherty takes us into the shop of the Olney manufacturer where the spirit of Workshop of the World is alive and well > more
Skid Row Deaths Of 1963 Echoes Today’s Opioid Crisis
Steve Metraux takes a look at the "Canned Heat Wave" poisoning of 1963 that took the lives of 31 people on Skid Row. The public health scholar says the parallels between this tragic incident and Kensington's opioid crisis is telling > more
Monument Lab Artist Stands Up For The City’s Lost Stoops
Artist Kaitlin Pomerantz is on a mission to save Philadelphia's castaway stoops. Her project for this year's Monument Lab will memorialize the city's proverbial outdoor living room with a collection of salvaged stoops inside Washington Square Park. Contributor Star Herr-Cardillo has the story > more
La Salle University Tears Down Historic Victorian Home
Another historic home is demolished by La Salle University for campus expansion > more
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