Legal Fund Fights Developers That Game The System
The price of preservation is high when building owners undermine the authority of the Historical Commission through legal loopholes. Dana Rice unpacks the issue with this report > more
One Smart Cookie: When Keebler Called Philly Home
Girl Scout cookies: another city first! Harry K. gives a whirlwind history of America's favorite cake and cracker maker, Philly's own Keebler-Weyl Baking Company > more
Wild In The Streets: Tracking Philly’s Coyote Connection
After an uptick in coyotes romping around the city last week, Harry K. introduces us to Philadelphia's pioneering naturalist Thomas Say who gave the wild animal its name > more
The Vanishing Of Northeast Village
David Coyne traverses bramble and broken blacktop along Roosevelt Boulevard to reveal a military housing community that was evacuated and demolished in the 1960s > more
Ury House Demo In The 1970s Erased Oldest Home In PA
Did Philly allow one of the oldest dwellings in Pennsylvania to be destroyed in the 1970s? Harry K. has this cautionary tale for a redeveloping city with a poor preservation scorecard and a history of demolition > more
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