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
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 […]
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 […]
Thom Nickels: Student journalism in the 1970s at The New Price Review
A lot has changed in journalism in the last fifty years
By Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels: Where medicine and spirituality meet
Mark Twain was half in love with her and called her “the most interesting woman that ever lived, and the […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: You hate us? We love that.
Eagles fans aren’t just loud. The love that they bring to their team rivals any of the best loyalties in […]
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 […]