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 […]
Thom Nickels: Sell the mansions, but keep the beauty of the church
It was former Catholic Archbishop Chaput who made the brave but not entirely unexpected move in 2012 when he announced […]
Chris Gibbons: A Memorial Day tribute to “Philadelphia’s own”
On September 21, 1917, a little over five months after the U.S. formally entered World War I, the first 361 […]
Paul Davis: The Navy Yard — past, present, and future
A look back at the Philadelphia Navy Yard as Governor Shapiro and the commonwealth invest $30 million in the future of the Navy Business District
By Paul Davis
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 […]
Chris Gibbons: The box in the attic
The dishes arrived from Bavaria at the Girard Avenue home in Philadelphia of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kilisky in mid-June […]
Kyle Sammin: Trump isn’t an outlier — he’s the culmination of a trend
At Donald Trump’s address to Congress in January, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) held up a sign for the cameras that […]
Eric Tuwalski: What did Philadelphia learn from the 1997 Summit for America’s Future?
I wonder how many people in our region remember the President’s Summit for America’s Future that took place in April […]