City Life There’s No Place Like Home: Unlocking a Door to the Past on Spruce Street Stacia Friedman rediscovers her family's former home through the building's ...
Architecture Renovations at William Way Look to the Future While Preserving the Past Big changes are in the works for William Way Community Center thanks to a $1 million grant from the Commonwealth's Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. Stacia Friedman has the ...
City Life From Flophouse to Fairfield Inn: Memories & The Makeover of a Troubled Hotel Like a chain-smoking phoenix rising from the ashes, the infamous Parker Hotel at 13th and Spruce reopened in 2018 after major renovations and decades of decline. Hidden City contributor Stacia Friedman takes a look back ...
History A Mid-century Mirage At 13th & Lombard The Shadow slips behind the stucco of this illusive apartment building to reveal nearly a century of commercial ...
History The Marvelous Multiple Occupations Of The Midtown II Last June, one of Center City's last classic diners, Midtown II at 11th and Sansom, closed its lunch counter for good. The high-profile property is now under development, although plans for the space remain elusive. ...
History In Shadow Of “Fergie Tower,” Fergie’s Pub Keeps The Pints Coming When Fergie's opened in the 1994, the city's first contemporary "gastro pub" was born. The Shadow has the backstory on the beloved Philadelphia bar and the 150-year-old carriage house on Sansom ...
History Behind The Bar At Dirty Frank’s The Shadow saddles up to the bar at Dirty Frank's with the backstory on one of Philadelphia's most beloved ...
Architecture Unlisted Philadelphia: Substation #7 Ben Leech spotlights unique and significant buildings not listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places with his architectural illustration series, Unlisted Philadelphia. With this installment, an electrical substation in Art Deco ...
