Conversations around rent control have become a popular topic among Philadelphia citizens as rent prices continue to increase, but did you know Philadelphia did have rent control before? [continue reading…]
Most people may think of children’s stories and myths of the American Revolution when they hear the name Betsy Ross, but a recent panel discussion hosted by the American Repertory Theater and the Museum of [continue reading…]
In Philadelphia, history can be found around every corner. But a group of friends who call themselves The Privy Diggers have been finding it 20- to 30-feet underground. The Privy Diggers consist mainly of Michael [continue reading…]
A conversation with Robert D. Hicks, who led the development of the Mütter Museum’s Spit Spreads Death exhibit, about how the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic compares to COVID-19, and what we can learn from the past. [continue reading…]
Anyone can nominate a building for historic designation in the City of Philadelphia. [continue reading…]
On any given morning in Manayunk, traffic snakes up Green Lane, sometimes reaching 10 or more blocks from Main Street up to Manayunk Avenue and beyond. Commuters may spend a half hour or more waiting [continue reading…]
The East Falls Historical Society is a nonprofit organization founded in 2004. Its mission states the organization is “dedicated to discovering, preserving and promoting historic interest in the East Falls community of Northwest Philadelphia.” For [continue reading…]
After decades of promoting the city of Philadelphia to both tourists and locals, Meryl Levitz says the time has come to retire as CEO of Visit Philadelphia, the tourism booster she founded in the ’90s. [continue reading…]
Manayunk and Roxborough are changing as their populations continue to get younger. Both sections of the city have proved to be destinations for young people to live after they finish school, and more of them [continue reading…]
Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr. was recently honored as protesters rallied against the city naming a street in Goode’s honor on the 2400 block of North 59th Street. Throughout the ceremony, protestors chanted, [continue reading…]
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