The Mannix farm was a legendary place in an area that was then called Bacton Hill. It was known as […]
Thom Nickels: Owen Wister and the ‘Western Cure’
Several years ago while researching my book, Literary Philadelphia: A History of Poetry & Prose in the City of Brotherly […]
Thom Nickels: Rooming houses could help with Philly’s overpriced housing market
Several years ago while browsing through the Rooms Wanted section of Philadelphia Craigslist, I found that many of the ads […]
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. […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: America is filled with historic football stadiums. None more so than Philly’s Franklin Field.
You might not think that when your football team dates from 1876 that it would be hard to create any […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: The 1915 Phillies — a whirlwind of talent
When your ball club isn’t just one of the oldest in the country dating from 1883 — but in fact the […]
Thom Nickels: Philadelphia’s grande dame of the essay
In the heart of Center City Philadelphia there is a small graveyard alongside the church of Saint John the Evangelist. […]
Kyle Sammin: Anti-Trump conservatives should consider the past and the future
Joseph Wheeler graduated from West Point in 1859, joined the Confederate Army in 1861, and soon found himself a major […]
Chris Gibbons: Remember Us
As I walked along the nearly 60-foot-long bronze sculpture, Taps, which was played at the conclusion of the formal unveiling […]