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 […]
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. […]
Anyone can nominate a building for historic designation in the City of Philadelphia. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
President Donald Trump’s dedication to enacting a travel ban was finally approved by the Supreme Court on June 26 after the administration’s third revision of the policy finally passed in a 5-4 vote. It may […]
Poland’s presence may have even preceded Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Newfoundland with the navigation of the mysterious John Scolvus, sometimes referred to as John of Kolno. While a lack of records make this a […]
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