Extensive Repairs For 25th Street Viaduct Announced
“Artist Rendering of Refurbished 25th Street Viaduct” | Via Plan PhillyCSX Corporation, the largest freight railroad operating in Philadelphia, and Councilman Kenyatta Johnson “announced Wednesday a...
View ArticleRushing Plans For LOVE Park
“JFK Plaza is known as LOVE Park after the iconic view from Robert Indiana’s sculpture to the Art Museum, but proposals de-emphasize the diagonal walking connection. April 6, 2015” | Photo: Michael...
View ArticleFor Whom The Bells Toll: The People Vs. Saint Mark’s Episcopal
The brazen bell tower of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church | Photo: Michael BixlerResidents of the Ayer Condominium at 7th and Walnut are already airing grievances about the newly-installed LED sign on top...
View ArticleUnedited North Philadelphia Brings Reel Footage And Real People Together At...
Unedited North Philadelphia is back tomorrow, Saturday, April 11, with an all-day screening and panel discussion, “From Reel Footage to Real People,” at the Wagner Free Institute of Science. Archival...
View ArticleThe Curious Case Of Body Snatching At Lebanon Cemetery
“Chapel of the Lebanon Cemetery” by G. Dubois, 1850 | Source: Philadelphia Library CompanyLebanon Cemetery, once the final resting place for some of Philadelphia’s most prominent African American...
View ArticleOriginal Design Of Courtyard Gates To Be Installed At City Hall
“The proposed gates would be replicas of gates designed for City Hall by the architect of the building, John McArthur Jr. in the late 19th century, but never fabricated of installed.” | Image courtesy...
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