If you missed the family summer fun of third Thursdays at the historic Glen Foerd Mansion on the Delaware Waterfront, […]
About: Michael Thomas Leibrandt
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Philly’s Italian Market is a piece of living history
Over the course of the next year, virtually every piece of Philadelphia history will be enjoyed as tourists from all […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: The return of the Durham boats
It’s been 250 years since George Washington arrived in the City of Philadelphia after a five-day journey. He arrived at […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: See you down the shore
In Philadelphia, July 4th isn’t just a single day for fireworks. Each year in late May, as cool spring days […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Fathers and sons
It was April 21, 1790, when nearly 28,000 people marched down the streets of Philadelphia. This wasn’t a riot. It […]
Dire wolves in Philadelphia? Well, maybe.
Imagine this, Philadelphians. You venture across an ocean in the 17th and 18th century to make your home in the […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: And to the earth we shall return
Of all of Philadelphia’s old churches — some dating back to the very start of European colonization around the resource-rich […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Philadelphia’s college basketball team that might have won it all
The story of the 1968–69 La Salle Explorers begins in an unexpected place. It doesn’t begin with the story of Tom Gola […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Saying goodbye to the cheesesteak — but only because I have to
It’s been over 85 years that Philadelphia has proudly called the cheesesteak its own. If you were fortunate enough to grow up […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Packers want to ban the Brotherly Shove — they should just learn to stop it.
You knew that it was only a matter of time, Philadelphia. The love and appreciation that was evident from around […]