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Summer Break
Photo: Peter WoodallDear Readers,The Hidden City Daily team is taking a short summer vacation. We’ll be back next Monday, July 7th. Have a great Fourth of July.Warmest regards,Brad, Pete &...
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Ruminating On Lost Columbia Avenue
Editor’s Note:Fifty years ago, Columbia Avenue erupted in a race riot. “The mobs swarmed into stores and clutched everything they could carry away,” reported Bulletin writer William Naulty. That heart...
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The Physical & Political Importance Of Goldtex
The rooftop of the Goldtex Building | Photo: Nell Hoving, for The InquirerAs Michael and Matthew Pestronk belatedly wrap up the conversion of the Goldtex building at 12th & Wood, The Inquirer’s...
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What Lies Beyond The Blue Horizon? The Fabled Venue’s Future In Doubt
The Legendary Blue Horizon | Photo: Bradley MauleNearly four years ago, the state budget secretary in then-Governor Ed Rendell’s administration signed a letter authorizing the release of $6 million in...
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Coworking Firm Announces Two New Philly Locations
Industrious’ Chicago location | Photo: Horn Design, via Technical.ly PhillyIndustrious, a co-working firm that only opened its first location in Chicago last summer, will become the first such firm in...
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The Dalian & Real Estate Determinism
“The Dalian on Fairmount will feature a 35,000 square-foot ‘Sky Park’ outdoor amenity space.” | Rendering: MV+A Architects, via the Philadelphia Business JournalThe Philadelphia Business Journal’s...
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Drexel Looking For Master Developer For Innovation Neighborhood
Drexel University proposed Innovation Neighborhood | Rendering: Drexel UniversityDrexel University has sent out a formal request for proposals to prospective master developers for its envisioned...
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Breathing Life Back Into Bromley
Reanimating a landmark of Kensington’s bygone textile industry. | Photo: Michael BixlerJesse Muñoz has a lot of patience. After nine years of painstaking negotiations–broken agreements, the...
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Beta Testing Venice Island
The Venice Island Performing Art Center is near completion. | Photo: Bernard J. Scally, for the Roxborough ReviewIn order to receive some preliminary community feedback on its massive redevelopment of...
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“West Philly Days” Gives A Glimpse Into Who We Were
“Four Plus One, West Philadelphia, 1971″ | Photo: Stephen PerloffStreet photography in Philadelphia is a dense, lush landscape that has been growing feverishly over the last decade. With noted...
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US Housing Secretary Tours Mantua Promise Zone
Mayor Nutter explains the Mural Arts Program to HUD chief Julián Castro in front of the Herman Wrice mural. | Photo: Ron Tarver, for The InquirerOn Friday, says The Inquirer, Julián Castro, former...
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A New Lease For The Old Bookbinder’s
The Olde Bar opens today, yet the Bookbinder’s sign is here to stay | Photo: Emma Lee, for NewsWorksThe Olde Bar–Jose Garces’ resuscitation of the Old Original Bookbinder’s at Second & Walnut–opens...
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Public Green Plans For 40th Street Trolley Portal To Break Ground In 2015
View of 40th Street Trolley Portal from the trolley shelter | Rendering by Andropogon, courtesy of University City DistrictSurrounded by some of the best Victorian-era residential blocks in...
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Correction – Sloan Mansion Days Are Numbered: Penn Can Proceed Without...
A hotbed of designated controversy at 40th and Pine | Photo: Michael BixlerCorrection: Advocates for the preservation of the Samuel Sloan-designed mansion at 40th and Pine Streets suffered a loss...
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Long Blighted, The Former Native American Museum On Chestnut Street To Be...
The rotting plywood and rusted Victorian archways of 233 Chestnut Street adds a salty flair to Old City | Photo: Michael BixlerThere is a well recorded history of Native-American inhabitation and...
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Storefront Property Owner Faces Possible Order Of Possession By Court In...
5101 Rochelle Ave in 2013, prior to recent renovations | Photo: Neema Roshania, for NewsWorks A 2008 state law allowing the assumption of blighted properties by its court-appointed conservator is being...
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New PMA Exhibit Highlights Works Of African American Artists From Permanent...
“A wall of portraits at the African American art exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art includes Henry Ossawa Tanner’s painting of his mother, 1897 (center, top) | Photo: Emma Lee, for NewsWorksA...
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Rebooting Bookie’s: Garces Group Awakens The Spirit Of An Old Original Legend
John Taxin built an empire out of an oyster saloon | Photo: Harry KyriakodisOn January 9th, Chef Jose Garces reopened the Old Original Bookbinder’s at Second and Walnut Street under the new moniker The...
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It’s 2015, So Just How Green Is Philly?
“Mayor Michael Nutter places a plant into the roof of the Free Library of Philadelphia during a ceremony in 2008.” | Photo: Matt Rourke, for the Associated Press, via NewsWorksNewsWorks’ Carolyn Beeler...
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What Lies Within: The Dazzling Art Deco Interior Of 1616 Walnut Street
1616 Walnut is at right, the Sun Oil Building is at left | Photo: Peter WoodallWith apologies to the Chrysler Building, the most spectacular design can be found inside an Art Deco building. This is...
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