New life is blooming at Philadelphia’s historic cemeteries. Starr Herr-Cardillo has the story

Michael Bixler has this preview of the three new public spaces opening on Friday at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Parkway Central branch

Sharon Barr goes looking for one of Philly’s oldest tributaries via the Frankford Creek Greenway. What she finds is an urban trail struggling to connect with its namesake

Queen Village resident David O’Donnell is on a mission to fill his neighborhood with verdant pocket parks. He shares his playbook on how to save slivers of green space with HC contributor Joe Brin

University City District’s beautification of the 40th Street Trolley Portal was high on concept, but appears to have fumbled on delivery. Contributor Ann de Forest has the full review

Michael Bixler takes us on a stroll down the newest segment of the Schuylkill River Trail

The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Parkway Central Branch is homing in on the needs of the 21st century patron with modern upgrades and robust public programming. Michael Bixler bids adieu to the grand library’s massive book retrieval system that was recently dismantled to make way for three new centers of interactive social space

We ought to write our own history, say the organizers of Monument Lab, who launch their multi-week public art and civic introspection festival today in the wake of Charlottesville, Dallas, and Durham. Nathaniel Popkin catches up with Monument Lab founder Paul Farber, who asks us all, “What is an appropriate monument for Philadelphia today?”