Tag: preservation

John Coltrane’s Strawberry Mansion Home Finds Long-Needed Savior At Last

December 20, 2024Adam Litchkofski

STRAWBERRY MANSION — Coming up around the bend of North 33rd St and into the gateway of Strawberry Mansion, the ghost of John Coltrane will be there to greet you. The rowhome where the legendary

East Kensington: Neighbors Work To Preserve Letterly Green

December 19, 2017Morgan O'Donnell and

Stephanie Koenig, 36, moved to the East Kensington area with her husband, Lewis Colburn, in 2009. The couple, both sculptors who found studio space in Philadelphia, bought a house across the street from Letterly Green,

Wynnefield: Japanese House Welcomes New Addition

April 2, 2012

What once was a bathroom is now a facility for learning. A sake-barrel breaking ceremony this weekend announced the reopening of Fairmount’s Japanese house and garden, Shofuso House, and the inauguration of its new building,

Queen Village: Historic Homes Have Stories To Tell

May 2, 2011

Imagine Queen Village as it was in the early 1800s—a growing community located right outside of the capitol of a fairly recently independent nation. The U.S. Naval Shipyard was on the rise and offering plenty