History Philadelphia’s Forgotten Forebears: How Pennsylvania Erased the Lenape From Local History In this poignant essay Dan Shurley looks at the mistreatment of the Lenape in Pennsylvania and how historic Philadelphia still manages to misrepresent and largely ignore the city’s native people
Preservation Bid Process Reveals Uncertain Future For Delaware Power Station Bids for purchase and redevelopment of the Delaware Power Station are due Monday at 5PM. What will they tell us about the monumental building’s future? Ryan Briggs talks to some experts and considers the future of this part of the Delaware waterfront
Art & Design A Matter of Modern Recreation Vs Historic Trees At Penn Treaty Park As the plan to freshen up and modernize Penn Treaty Park have evolved, so has a playground included in it. But as Marlon MacAllister reports, the new playground would now spell the removal of 120-year-old sycamores—trees that were planted at the park’s dedication in 1893
History Respectfully Remembering the Affable One On a recent day in early May, a group of citizens gathered in Old City to honor Tamanend, whose tall statue resides over the I-95 on-ramp at Front & Market Streets. Harry K. looks back at Chief Tamanend, the principal Lenni-Lenape leader who welcomed William Penn upon his arrival to this region so long ago, and why the good-natured and honorable sachem should be celebrated today
Preservation Five Properties Make Preservation List The Historical Commission has added the Kensington Soup Society, Penn Treaty Park and The Rotunda, along with two private residences to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
Architecture Battersea But Better Philadelphia Electric Company’s monumental power stations on the Delaware: truly “palazzos of power”
Art & Design Light Towers Coming To Girard And Columbia Street Department rejects pedestrian lighting, NKCDC designs its own illuminated history towers
