Fade And A Shave: Inside Philly’s Black Barbershops
Contributor Theresa Stigale documents life inside neighborhood barbershops with this photo essay > more
Modernist Monument To Mid-Century Expansion And The Rise Of The Northeast
The Northeast Regional Library on Cottman Avenue was built with a Modernist eye and a civic mind. Part of the Free Library's 1956 Regional Plan to put a library within 15 minutes of every Philadelphian's doorstep, the branch was also the first in the area, officially unifying the relatively new neighborhood with the rest of the city. Molly Lester looks at the origins of Northeast Philadelphia expansion through the lens of this award winning Mid-Century mainstay > more
All Aboard For GPTMC’s New Neighborhoods Campaign
Mayor Nutter joined Meryl Levitz and GPTMC this week for a trolley tour through three neighborhoods highlighted in the new Philadelphia Neighborhoods tourism campaign > more
We, “The City of (Changing) Neighborhoods”
The genesis (& evolution) of our nickname "the city of neighborhoods," looking at an old dividing line in western Center City, a beloved Point Breeze mural saved, and shifting plans for a residential complex in Old City > more
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