Tucked away in the quiet third-floor archives of the William Way LGBT Community Center, there’s a nearly 50-year-old leather-bound folder. The dozens of index cards inside are a window to a different ...
Underneath southwest Philly’s oil refinery, which announced its closure Wednesday, sits 150 years of pollution and soil contamination. Lead and benzene are just two of the compounds that have showed ...
New York-based artist Jake Berman wants cities to start examining ways to bring their public transit systems into the future—by looking at the past. And for Philly, that means an oft-forgotten ...
From the outside, The Parker-Spruce Hotel on 13th Street looks like most other buildings in Center City—a towering brick facade with a worn limestone, metal overhang above the entrance. It blends in ...
Louis Kahn was a man of many talents: a gifted artist. A playful pianist. And in the words of Philip Johnson, one of the most influential and “beloved architects of all time.” Frank Gehry, speaking ...
Every year, each Philly resident produces about one ton of trash—and a whole lot of it typically ends up on the street. Now, a new interactive map lets you see just how much trash and litter your ...
The Eagles have called many stadiums home throughout Philly. Courtesy of Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images Before the Eagles made the Linc their main stage in 2003, the Super Bowl-bound team ...
12th Street Gym, which has served as a community gathering place in the Gayborhood for more than 30 years, will close its doors on January 31. The gym at 204 S. 12th Street, a standout in the ...
This year, after nearly three years of construction, the Comcast Technology Center will open its doors in Center City, becoming Philadelphia’s first supertall tower, and the tallest and most ...
A new bill would require developers in Philly to include affordable housing for buildings with 10 or more units. Photo by Melissa Romero Update: This article was originally published on Tuesday, ...
The former Roberto Clemente Middle School will reopen as a 38-unit affordable housing development. Renderings by PZS Architects After sitting vacant at North 5th and Luzerne for more than a decade, ...
This stone house in Newtown Square dates back to circa 1810. Photo by John Badalamenti for Lynn Seeburger, BHHS Fox & Roach-Wayne As Curbed has noted many times before, old stone homes are beloved ...
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