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Places to Save: Summer 2026
Preservation

Places to Save: Summer 2026

The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia highlights buildings under threat with its quarterly list, Places to Save

National Trust Speaks Out With Its 2026 “Most Endangered Places” List
Preservation

National Trust Speaks Out With Its 2026 “Most Endangered Places” List

The President House at Independence National Historical Park joins 11 other sites dedicated to inclusive American history

Preserving The ‘Full Story of American History’
History

Preserving The ‘Full Story of American History’

Threats to alter exhibits about slavery at historic landmarks have mobilized Philadelphians. As we celebrate the semiquincentennial, the city offers many opportunities to learn about the Black experience as the nation evolved and ‘not to hide what happened’

Cultural Institutions Mobilize as Trump’s Executive Order Deadline Approaches
Preservation

Cultural Institutions Mobilize as Trump’s Executive Order Deadline Approaches

The National Park Service has been instructed to remove a display that interprets America’s history of slavery at Independence National Park on September 17. Philly organizations are preparing to fight back

Op-Ed: Philly Must Fight the Erasure of Black History
History

Op-Ed: Philly Must Fight the Erasure of Black History

Amy Cohen outlines how we can promote and protect African American history from the fallout of recent federal government mandates

A History of Slavery: President’s House Monument Turns 10
History

A History of Slavery: President’s House Monument Turns 10

Amy Cohen explores the back story of “The President’s House: Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation” on the 10-year anniversary of its unveiling

The Literal City
Architecture

The Literal City

A simplistic interpretation of history is dumbing down our architecture and making this city seem a whole lot less interesting than it really is.


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