City Life Concrete Cowboy of Southwest Philly Finds a New Home at Bartram’s Garden After being ousted from vacant, City-owned land, an urban cowboy and his posse of young protégées find a permanent place to hang their hats. Sam Newhouse has the news
History Automotive Museum In Southwest Philly Goes The Distance (And Then Some) Virginia Lindak takes us inside the Simeone Foundation, one of Philly’s best under-the-radar museums
Photography Battered Brutalist School Awaits Neighborhood Plan In Eastwick, powerful architecture battles trash and vandalism at vacant George Pepper Middle School. Michael Bixler takes a look with this photo essay.
History Building A Dreamboat During The Height Of The Great Depression What did boat-loving businessmen do during the Great Depression while their companies were tanking? Build themselves yachts, of course! The Shadow sets sail for Southwest Philly where a curvy factory building gave life to a buoyant diversion
Architecture Khmer Monastery In Kingsessing Enlightens The Schuylkill Dan Papa celebrates the Cambodian New Year with a look at the Wat Khmer Palelai Buddhist temple under construction in Southwest Philly
Preservation A Moving Monument Nearly four years after Hidden City proposed relocating the forlorn Newkirk Viaduct Monument from the side of the train tracks to the forthcoming Bartram’s Mile segment of the Schuylkill River Trail system… that has happened. Brad Maule has the story of the 177-year-old monument’s relocation
Preservation Historic Parish Complex In Kingsessing Gets New Life As Charter School The much lauded Independence Charter School will transform the vacant Most Blessed Sacrament campus, reports Ann de Forest. But questions remain about the future of the Neo-Renaissance church, abandoned by the Archdiocese in 2007
Preservation In Kingsessing, A Colonial Cottage Keeps History In Place Just off of Woodland Avenue among a block of crumbling rows stands a small, stone farmhouse that has miraculously withstood time and tide for over 250 years. Contributor Ann de Forest has the story behind the tiny colonial cottage on Vogdes Street
