Philly’s Instagram-famous Graffiti Pier might soon be under water
At a public meeting, stakeholders expressed hope the jetty would become a place for legal street art.
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Graffiti Pier is becoming a public park: 5 things to know
The urban ruin is being revamped by the organization behind Spruce Street Harbor Park.
Memorial Day in Philadelphia: 8 city landmarks that commemorate fallen heroes
From the Civil War to Beirut, where to remember those who've served.
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Up-close drone tour of the abandoned Philadelphia Electric Company
Warning: You might wanna mute the music.
Why so many merchants in the Italian Market are fighting ‘improvement’
The Business Improvement District designation is meant to improve, for a price.
Inside Philly’s Mother Bethel AME Church, bastion of civil rights in the U.S.
The structure, on the National Registry of Historic Places, sits on the oldest parcel of land owned continuously by African Americans in America.
What to know about the new Picasso exhibit at the Barnes
A portrait of an artist as a bougie husband? What the work on display says about the man and his time: In France, during World War One.