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Abandoned Ghost Station On Spring Garden Awaits Resurrection
History

Abandoned Ghost Station On Spring Garden Awaits Resurrection

In the shadow of the Rail Park, Ed Duffy summons the spirit of an old, decaying train station

For Callowhill Neighborhood, Whose BIDing Will Be Done?
Urbanism

For Callowhill Neighborhood, Whose BIDing Will Be Done?

Longtime Callowhill residents and real estate developers clash over the creation of a Business Improvement District as the neighborhood begins to transition. Kimberly Haas has the story

City Archives Opens New HQ In Northern Liberties
History

City Archives Opens New HQ In Northern Liberties

New digs in NoLibs for the Philadelphia City Archives. Michael Bixler has the details

Marked Potential: Northern Savings Fund
Architecture

Marked Potential: Northern Savings Fund

Interior architect Shila Griffith brings SoHo art space sensibilities to the vacant, fortress-like Northern Savings Fund bank at 6th and Spring Garden with this month’s Marked Potential

Finding Robert Wood: The Long Lost Foundry Of An Iconic Ironworker
History

Finding Robert Wood: The Long Lost Foundry Of An Iconic Ironworker

Robert Wood’s renowned foundry at the corner of Ridge Avenue and 12th Street on Spring Garden Street once produced some of the nation’s finest ornamental iron work. The neighborhood is slowly awakening with renewal, yet the revered company’s former site remains an empty, blighted lot

Brewing With Solidarity At W/N W/N Coffee Bar
City Life

Brewing With Solidarity At W/N W/N Coffee Bar

A cooperative-run coffee and cocktail bar on Spring Garden Street goes deep for the W/N W/N. Joseph Brin has this story of building a business with consensus

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

The Spring Garden Tunnel: A New Bike Route to West Philadelphia?
Urbanism

The Spring Garden Tunnel: A New Bike Route to West Philadelphia?

The unused lane of Spring Garden’s Street seems like a no-brainer to make for a safe bike passage under very-busy Eakins Oval. Or does it? Brendan Skwire tried it out for himself before deciding


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