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
Architecture Mid Mod Prison-Motel On The Schuylkill River Paroled It’s a Mid-century Modern motor lodge. With prison cells. It’s one of Philly’s most perplexing landmarks on the Schuylkill River. The Shadow has the lowdown
Architecture Eero Saarinen’s Hill College House Fortified With $80M In Renovations Ann de Forest takes us inside Hill College House, a Mid-Century take on Medieval fortification designed by Modernist master architect Eero Saarinen. The dormitory at Penn recently reopened after $80M in engineering upgrades and interior renovations
