History First Interracial Baseball Game in 1869 Helped Level the Playing Field Murray Dubin takes us to Athletic Square where the Philadelphia Pythians and the Olympic Ball Club cracked baseball’s rigid color line
Preservation In Sharswood, Dox Thrash House Saved to Anchor a Neighborhood The former home of Philly’s famous Black printmaker to be preserved by partnership and persistence
Preservation Unlisted Philadelphia: Pearl Bailey House 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 North Philly row house singing and swinging with Black history
History New Exhibition Maps the History of North Philadelphia Temple University’s Special Collections Research Center illustrates the evolution of a neighborhood through photographs and archival materials
History Dear SEPTA: Bring Regional Rail Service Back to Tioga Ed Duffy explores the positive impact of reactivating an old, abandoned train stop in North Philadelphia
City Life The Ordinary Extraordinary: Making History Tangible at the Colored Girls Museum What happens when whiteness is no longer the center of experience? The Colored Girls Museum in Germantown flips the script on conventional house museums and celebrates “home space” as the place where Black women and girls get things done.
Architecture Black Designers Demand Equity and Justice in the Built Environment African American architects and activists call for equitable design in historically redlined neighborhoods
Architecture Charles Library Charts a Vital Course for Campus Connectivity Philadelphia’s architectural event of 2019 goes to Charles Library at Temple University. Michael Bixler takes us inside
