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Delays Expected For Pier 68 Park Project
About the authorStephen Currall recently received his BA in history from Arcadia University. Before beginning doctoral studies, he is pursuing his interest in local history, specifically just how...
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Fire The Latest Challenge At Fort Mifflin
Fort Mifflin’s Officers’ Quarters building before last Sunday’s cleanup | Photo: Peter WoodallEditor’s Note: Beth Beatty could use a little luck. Since she took over as executive director of Fort...
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Truck Into The Fire
Ed. Note: We’ve been hearing bits and pieces about the Philly History Truck since last fall, but we were finally able to link up with its driver, Erin Bernard. Erin’s concept of creative community...
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A Golden Glow For The Inquirer’s Saffron
Raise your glass to the 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner for criticism | Photo: Bradley MauleFrom my earliest road trips with my parents to the Midwest to visit my grandma, I can vividly remember driving...
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PATCO Announces $7.5 System Upgrade
PATCO 8th & Market Station, photo by Michael Wirtz for the InquirerThe Inquirer reports that the PATCO board is set to approve a $7.5 million plan today meant to increase ridership after months of...
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A Last Look at Second Baptist Church
Photo: Peter Woodall, 2013For decades, the AA Fence Company building on New Market Street in Northern Liberties was something of an architectural mystery. The two-story structure stood mid-block on a...
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New PWD Project To Teach Children Ecology & Technology
Photo: Neal Santos, for the City PaperCity Paper looks at how one project associated with the Water Department’s quarter-century, $2.5 billion “Green City, Clean Waters” initiative seeks to make better...
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Widdy Dialect: The “Hoagie” Of Darts
Joe, the one man Widdy committee | Photo: Bradley MauleBring an English gentleman into a conversation between a coupla DelCo kids debating the Iggles’ handling of DeSean Jackson or their favorite...
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A Look Inside Gilded Age Parkside
Photo: Charles J. Bender, May 27, 1954The Philly History Blog’sSteven Ujifusa takes us back to Victorian Philadelphia, inside 4230 Parkside Avenue, still intact with much of its original Gilded Age...
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With Ambitious Campus Plan, Temple Demands Attention
Mitchell and Hilarie Morgan Hall, Temple University | Photo: Peter WoodallAxis Philly discusses the growing ambitions of Temple University, including: a new $190 million library building; still more...
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Transformation Fit For A Queen (Village)
Panorama: Beau Monde (left) to Barrel House (right) | Photo: Joseph G. Brin“This has been our neighborhood forever, this is our life,” says Jordan Fetfatzes, 36, the owner of the Bainbridge Street...
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Looking Ahead For Germantown High School Building
Photo: Jill Saull, for Flying KiteAlmost a year after its closing by the School District, Germantown High School’s neighbors and alumni are hard at work to determine how to reutilize the large,...
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School District Recommends Closing Walter Palmer Charter
Photo: Kevin McCorry, for NewsWorksThe School District of Philadelphia is recommending the closure of the Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School, “one of the oldest and largest...
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In Search Of A Cure For City Blue [Updated, 5:20PM]
Before and after: City Blue/Dr. Scholls façade circa 2008 (left, photo courtesy of Serena Blackwell) and April 2014 (right, photo: Peter Woodall)Still suffering from the loss of the Boyd Theatre, Art...
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Delays Announced For Bike Share & Venice Island Performing Arts Center
Photo: Bas Slabbers, for NewsWorksIt appears that Philadelphia won’t be getting its bike-share program until around this time next year, says The Inquirer. However the Mayor’s Office announced today...
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On 60th Street, Sowing The Seeds Of Rebirth
Proof in the pudding: renovation work underway on South 60th Street in West Philadelphia | Photo: Theresa StigaleWell past its heyday in the 1950s as a robust neighborhood commercial corridor, South...
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Promising Developments For Center City Retail
About the authorStephen Currall recently received his BA in history from Arcadia University. Before beginning doctoral studies, he is pursuing his interest in local history, specifically just how...
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In Lansdowne, Bringing A Moorish Movie Palace Back to Life
The Lansdowne’s Hollywood Moorish-style auditorium | Photo: Matthew ChristopherRestoring a movie palace is perhaps the most complicated process in historic preservation. It’s an arduous journey that...
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New Report Alludes To Impressive Rate Of Return For Public Investment In...
About the authorStephen Currall recently received his BA in history from Arcadia University. Before beginning doctoral studies, he is pursuing his interest in local history, specifically just how...
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Coffee Comeback On Jewelers Row
Robbins rocked, coffee’s hot | Photo: Bradley MauleThough its prominent corner location has long been associated with Jewelers Row—thanks largely to longtime tenant and gregarious spokesman Jerry...
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