History City Archives Opens New HQ In Northern Liberties New digs in NoLibs for the Philadelphia City Archives. Michael Bixler has the ...
History Waking The Quakers As Callowhill Stirs Harry K. takes us inside an old Quaker meeting house at 6th and Noble that was leveled with the rest of East Callowhill during urban renewal. The industrial area is springing back to life after ...
Development A Field Guide To Demolition Peter Woodall spotlights specific building types facing the most development pressure in four high-profile ...
Preservation A Powerhouse Of Footwork And Fitness On Delaware Ave On the outskirts of Fishtown, a dance club and rock climbing gym keep spirits high inside an old 19th century trolley car power station ...
Architecture Urban Decay As American As Beer And Apple Pie The Shadow taps into Philly beer history and frozen pie trivia at the old Adam Scheidt Brewing Company plant on North 9th ...
History Fraud Claims, “Rigged” Election In Northern Liberties (1838) With the ghosts of Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle haunting Trump and Clinton, Harry K recalls another polarizing, pivotal ...
History On Callowhill, Channeling The Ghost Of Old York Road Harry K. takes us down to 4th and Callowhill where an out of place fire plug summons the spirit of Old York ...
Architecture Learning From The Piazza At Broad & Washington In defending his plans for developing the northeast corner of Broad & Washington with a tower-and-elevated-village scheme, Bart Blatstein has pointed to The Piazza at Schmidt's as a successful model. Kim Bernardin considers whether following ...
