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Waking The Quakers As Callowhill Stirs
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 decades of desolation

Come Take A Tour Of Our Sanctuary City
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

Historic Estate And Underground Railroad Station Under Threat In Plymouth Meeting
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 reports

Rowdy Meetinghouse On Green Street Divides Quakers
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 a hotbed of Quaker dissent and where the first major schism within the Religious Society of Friends originated

A Rich Past And Possible Green Future For Spring Garden Street
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 this once great thoroughfare

Living Like The 1800s: Arch Street Meeting House
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 tour

Obliterated
History

Obliterated

Harry K searches out traces of the old Quaker town, Callowhill, named for William Penn’s second wife


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