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Final Bell Nears At Brutalist Southwest Philly Middle School
The concrete backstop: Pepper Middle School hulks over the recreation center | Photo: Bradley MauleAt 84th & Lyons in Eastwick, tucked between the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, I-95, and...
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Phase 2 For Expected For Edgewater Apartments
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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The Schizophrenia Of Chestnut Street
The 1200 block of Chestnut, looking west from 12th Street, in 1959.As might befit the owners of a store that specializes in modern furniture made from pieces of the past, Stefan Sklaroff and Christina...
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Where Time Stood Still
John Grass Wood Turning exterior | Photo: Joseph E.B. ElliottEditors Note: This is the first installment of our weekly series profiling the eight remarkable sites that are part of the Hidden City...
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Spare A Dime For Bok’s Memories: WPA Play Begins Tonight
Bok auditorium | Photo: Katrina OhstromThe theater is one of the most expressive and useful instruments for educating a country; it is also the barometer by which one can measure a nation’s greatness...
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Bait & Switch A Familiar Theme With Downtown Casino “Plans”
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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The Other Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment | Image: Cinedelphia Film FestivalOn April 21 at 1 pm, Independence Seaport Museum will host a screening of The Philadelphia Experiment as part of the Cinedelphia Festival;...
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Top Ten Significant, Vulnerable Churches
Editor’s Note:As someone who’s been following the fortunes of Philadelphia’s aging houses of worship, Christopher Mote compiled this list of ten architecturally and historically significant churches...
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There’ll Never Be Another U
First class dining hall | Photo: Chandra LampreichI remember the first time I saw the SS United States: on a trip to Ocean City, Maryland. My parents took a slight detour from our usual route and drove...
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A Cultured Pearl To Identify Chinatown North
Very much the “before” picture: Pearl Street between 10th & 11th | Photo: Bradley MauleWith two distinctive projects in the planning phase, a nondescript alley might well become the cultural nexus...
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Chestnut Hill’s Venturi Masterpiece “Changed America”
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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A Newer Pavilion For An Older Bell
Christ Church Collectible at the Bicentennial | Postcard by Art Color Cards, 1976A colonial historic site is seeking a new home for its iconic bell. Christ Church, the oldest Anglican church in the...
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School Buildings, From Asset To Liability
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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Face To Face With L&I—UPDATED
Your move at MSB | Illustration: Ben LeechLike so many builders and developers, Kenny Grono, the owner of Buckminster Green LLC, a Northern Liberties based contracting company, has been bedeviled by...
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Jazz City
Neal Santos, for City PaperPhiladelphia has joined the ranks of other American cities and has gotten itself a professional Jazz Orchestra. Deena Adler, the managing director of the newly organized,...
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Vine Street On The Delaware: A Contested Evolution
The unceremonious foot of Vine Street, at Delaware Avenue (Columbus Blvd.), today | Photo: Harry KyriakodisIt’s apparent that Philadelphia has discovered the importance of reinvigorating the...
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The Possible City, 1838
Destruction of Fire by Pennsylvania Hall, published by J.T. Bowen | Image: Library of CongressOn May 14, 1838, civil rights pioneer Angelina Grimké was married to renowned abolitionist Theodore Weld in...
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A Pier Into The Future
The conceptual future at Pier 53 | Image courtesy of DRWCIf there’s anywhere in Philadelphia to fully recognize where industrial past becomes post-industrial park, it’s Pier 53. Washington Avenue...
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The Soko Lofts Will Be No Piazza
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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Digging In The City’s Basement
Crank it: in the basement at City Hall | Photo: Sam RobinsonThis second in a series of profiles within the walls of City Hall takes us into the belly of the beast, its basement, home to a bewildering...
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