Of all of Philadelphia’s old churches — some dating back to the very start of European colonization around the resource-rich […]
Thom Nickels: 19th-century Philadelphia’s macabre, union-organizing novelist
Lippard makes Poe look like Mother Goose.
By Thom Nickels
Why Philly has clean water to drink
A legacy of brilliant engineering and hard labor.
By Richard Koenig
Thom Nickels: From hidden river to historic hills, Manayunk through the years
My father’s family, originally from Dusseldorf, Germany, settled in Manayunk before the Civil War, so I grew up hearing about […]
John Rossi: Eighty years of mayoral history
For eighty-two years, I either lived in Philadelphia or worked there. Some of my fondest memories of living in the […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: We need to protect Philadelphia’s historic treasures
Every city has those historical treasures. Those sacred items that are on display for all to see, those great stories […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: The Day that Jimmy Carter Built Houses in Philly
Not every US ex-President would volunteer to build houses in North Philadelphia. Then again, Jimmy Carter wasn’t just any ex-President. […]
Thom Nickels: Theosophists in Philadelphia
In the 1970s I lived for a time in a second floor apartment in a building that also served as […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Why Cliveden means so much
When I was a young man, few things meant fall for me as a visit to Cliveden with my Dad. […]
Chris Gibbons: A holy night of tragedy
This Christmas Eve marks the 80th anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies in U.S. military history.
By Chris Gibbons