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 ...
History Come Take A Tour Of Our Sanctuary City With conflict over Philadelphia's Sanctuary City status heightening, contributor Ann de Forest offers a tour highlighting Philadelphia's heritage as a refuge and a crucible of freedom of religion ...
Preservation Historic Estate And Underground Railroad Station Under Threat In Plymouth Meeting At Butler and Germantown Pikes, plans for a dense suburban subdivision threaten to dissolve the Corson Estate, a 10 acre parcel rich in abolitionist history and an important stop on the Underground Railroad. Michael Bixler ...
History Rowdy Meetinghouse On Green Street Divides Quakers The strip mall on the north side of Spring Garden Street between Third and Fourth Streets doesn't carry much of a pulse these days. Harry K. says almost 200 years ago this sleepy spot was ...
History A Rich Past And Possible Green Future For Spring Garden Street The Pennsylvania Environmental Council is hosting a block party this Saturday to highlight plans that would transform Spring Garden Street into a progressive urban greenway. Harry K. is optimistic and gives us the history of ...
Architecture Living Like The 1800s: Arch Street Meeting House In Old City, there's no better example of a building unchanged by time. Gayle Christiansen gives us the ...
History Obliterated Harry K searches out traces of the old Quaker town, Callowhill, named for William Penn's second ...
