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Kelly Writers House Celebrates 25th Anniversary
City Life

Kelly Writers House Celebrates 25th Anniversary

One of Philadelphia’s most dynamic literary destinations reaches a milestone

Symposium Shines a Light on the Philadelphia Rowhouse
Architecture

Symposium Shines a Light on the Philadelphia Rowhouse

Philly’s most common building type is the subject of “Rowhouse City: History and Adaptation in Philadelphia”

Polishing up Silverman Hall at Penn Law
Architecture

Polishing up Silverman Hall at Penn Law

Baroque classrooms shine with fresh renovations at the University of Pennsylvania

Photo Collection Project Takes A Walk In Ed Bacon’s Shoes
Photography

Photo Collection Project Takes A Walk In Ed Bacon’s Shoes

Fisher Fine Arts Library at Penn is digitalizing a treasure trove of slides from the personal collection of Philly city planner extraordinaire Edmund Bacon and they need your help. Michael Bixler has the details

New Book On W.E.B. Du Bois Colors In “White Space”
History

New Book On W.E.B. Du Bois Colors In “White Space”

The pioneering research of W.E.B. Du Bois on race, class, and data collection are on display in a strikingly visual new volume, “W.E.B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America.” Joe Brin has this book review

The Making & Breaking Of The Philadelphia Commercial Museum
History

The Making & Breaking Of The Philadelphia Commercial Museum

Edward Duffy takes us back when industry, commerce, and foreign trade flooded the halls of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum, the first institution of its kind in the United States

Fisher Fine Arts Library Gives Hidden City Daily Eternal Life
City Life

Fisher Fine Arts Library Gives Hidden City Daily Eternal Life

Long live Hidden City Daily! We are honored and thrilled to announce that our website was chosen for inclusion in the Fisher Fine Arts Library Web Archive at Penn. Michael Bixler has the details

Queen of The Rats: How One Female Scientist Colonized The Modern Lab
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


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