Preservation Germantown Cottage and Mount Airy Bank Added to the Philadelphia Register Celia Jailer has this report from the June 2022 meeting of the Philadelphia Historical Commission
Architecture Polishing up Silverman Hall at Penn Law Baroque classrooms shine with fresh renovations at the University of Pennsylvania
History Queen of The Rats: How One Female Scientist Colonized The Modern Lab Mickey Herr takes a look at the Wistar Rat, a true Philly original, and the groundbreaking female biologist that helped standardize science
History The Rise & Ruckus Over Bio Pond, Penn’s Hidden Urban Oasis Harry K. has the backstory on the beginnings of the Bio Pond research garden at Penn and the brouhaha in the 1990s over saving the little slice of tranquility.
History On The Hunt For Brains, Discovering The Wistar Institute Mickey Herr dissects the origins of the Wistar Institute and examines the brain of a man that turned the medical world on its head
Preservation Prefab Future For Former African-American Cemetery In West Philly Harry K. unearths an old African-American cemetery in West Philadelphia that was owned by a church connected to the Underground Railroad. The land is currently being redeveloped for residential construction
Development A Field Guide To Demolition Peter Woodall spotlights specific building types facing the most development pressure in four high-profile neighborhoods
Architecture On 40th Street, New Life For A Long-Hidden Furness What’s it take to restore this early Furness? Hidden City talks to developer Tom Lussenhop about the tear-down disaster ongoing across the city and his plans for the former West Philadelphia Institute
