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In Northeast Philadelphia, A Rich History Of Train Tracks And Acquisitions
History

In Northeast Philadelphia, A Rich History Of Train Tracks And Acquisitions

Ed Duffy give us a panoramic view of railroad history in Northeast Philadelphia with this longform ...
Legal Fund Fights Developers That Game The System
Preservation

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 ...
One Smart Cookie: When Keebler Called Philly Home
History

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 ...
Wild In The Streets: Tracking Philly’s Coyote Connection
History

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 ...
The Vanishing Of Northeast Village
History

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 ...
Preservation

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 ...
Inside Northeast Philly’s Temple Of Ryerss
History

Inside Northeast Philly’s Temple Of Ryerss

Harry K. takes us on a fall field trip to the Ryerss Mansion, an eccentric, little-known house museum in the Great ...
America’s Oldest Road Takes Center Stage In New Documentary
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America’s Oldest Road Takes Center Stage In New Documentary

The King's Highway, the oldest continuously used road in America, is the subject of an award winning documentary premiering tonight at the Kimmel ...
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