Millennials Mortgaging Kensington
Kensington home prices on the rise, state recommends traffic interventions on Frankford’s Castor Ave, grants in West Philly, and 30th Street IRS building may be sold
View ArticleBridging National Divides In Northeast Philadelphia
Selling the Northeast to tourists, discerning a Richardsonian beneath billboards on North Broad, and trading parking spots for flower beds on Bainbridge
View ArticleArchdiocese Plans Affordable Senior Housing On South Broad
Catholic Health Services to build affordable senior housing on South Broad, nuisance clothing donation bins being removed, the next decade of changes for the Schuylkill, Butkovitz says City not too...
View ArticleCommunity Meeting Reveals Widespread Indignation With Jewelers Row Demolition
Jewelers bemoan Toll Brothers plan, bowling lanes and movie screens coming to Canal Street entertainment district, ethnic masses sustaining several former Catholic parish churches, keeping libraries...
View ArticleMarked Potential: Roosevelt Theater
In Frankford, the Roosevelt Theater faces the El like a careworn sentry guarding the legacy of the city's last movie palaces. Shila Griffith invigorates the empty, ivory giant with a photography and...
View ArticleAmerica’s Oldest Road Takes Center Stage In New Documentary
The King's Highway, the oldest continuously used road in America, is the subject of an award winning documentary premiering tonight at the Kimmel Center
View ArticleAmerican Revolution Landmark To Be Auctioned Off At Sheriff Sale
Old stone home in Frankford with ties to the Declaration of Independence goes up for auction at a sherif sale in May. Harry K. has the news and history behind this threatened national landmark
View ArticleA Lost Furness Chapel And The Stories It Tells
An obscure Frank Furness gem sits vacant and unused in Mount Sinai Cemetery in Frankford. Joe Brin has the details of this Moorish discovery and thoughts on Furness, preservation, and urban development
View ArticleFragments Of The Franco Belgium Society In Frankford
Underneath a thick coating of concrete and graffiti lies the former home of The Franco Belgium Society. Memories of the French and Belgian presence that arrived in Frankford during WWI has mostly been...
View ArticleIs This The Train Tragedy We’ll Learn From? (Updated)
It's hard to imagine last night's Amtrak tragedy being any worse when at least seven people are confirmed dead. But the derailed Train 188 stopped just shy of a parked oil train. Brad Maule ponders the...
View ArticleMillennials Mortgaging Kensington
Kensington home prices on the rise, state recommends traffic interventions on Frankford’s Castor Ave, grants in West Philly, and 30th Street IRS building may be sold
View ArticleBridging National Divides In Northeast Philadelphia
Selling the Northeast to tourists, discerning a Richardsonian beneath billboards on North Broad, and trading parking spots for flower beds on Bainbridge
View ArticleArchdiocese Plans Affordable Senior Housing On South Broad
Catholic Health Services to build affordable senior housing on South Broad, nuisance clothing donation bins being removed, the next decade of changes for the Schuylkill, Butkovitz says City not too...
View ArticleCommunity Meeting Reveals Widespread Indignation With Jewelers Row Demolition
Jewelers bemoan Toll Brothers plan, bowling lanes and movie screens coming to Canal Street entertainment district, ethnic masses sustaining several former Catholic parish churches, keeping libraries...
View ArticleMarked Potential: Roosevelt Theater
In Frankford, the Roosevelt Theater faces the El like a careworn sentry guarding the legacy of the city's last movie palaces. Shila Griffith invigorates the empty, ivory giant with a photography and...
View ArticleAmerica’s Oldest Road Takes Center Stage In New Documentary
The King's Highway, the oldest continuously used road in America, is the subject of an award winning documentary premiering tonight at the Kimmel Center
View ArticleAnd The 2013 Nominees For Historic Designation Are . . .
The Philadelphia Historical Commission will next Wednesday review 15 buildings across the city in consideration for historic designation. Christopher Mote examines the nominations
View ArticleDays of Electronic Future Past
Hidden City Festival 2013: it has a soundtrack. This Friday at the Historical Society of Frankford, King Britt and Data Garden collaborate to bring the first of two concerts to the space with...
View ArticleSites And Sounds
Two concerts lay the soundtrack to the Hidden City Festival. Erik Friedlander brings his wily cello to Shivtei Yeshuron tonight, while Data Garden curates Contemporary Archives, a concert featuring Mux...
View ArticleSunny Strobe Lights On The El With Yiayia
Harry K. recalls the magical light show that the Market-Frankford Line provided him and his grandmother during their Sunday morning trips into the city in the early 1970s
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