History

The city’s nearly-perfect street grid dotted by parks became a model for the rest of America.

This week: Rep. Andy Kim of N.J., the ongoing UAW strike, and the history and plight of the iconic Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia Historical Commission denied a permit for demolition of 19th Street Baptist Church on Friday, eight months after it was initially filed.

Reporter Tom LoBianco has been covering Pence since his time as Indiana governor. His new book is a detailed account of Pence's life, outlook, and relationship with Trump.

The site, which lies beneath Weccacoe Playground in South Philadelphia, is considered one of the first independent cemeteries for free African Americans.

If not for being a woman, her name would be as well known as Franklin, Jefferson, Adams and Washington.

Philadelphia was one of the worst-hit cities during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic but no memorial exists for them. The Mütter Museum is changing that.

Elizabeth Willing Powel was an underappreciated architect of the United States.

The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia is opening an exhibition from the perspective of a single British soldier.

A flight-training program that traces its lineage to the Tuskegee Airmen is expanding with new planes.

The Robert Purvis House is being repaired despite the property owner’s inaction.

The "hero of Cologne" was denied the award nearly 75 years ago "over a stick of gum," according to author Adam Makos.

Philly is home to two of the oldest carillons in North America, but these one-of-a-kind bell instruments are “hidden in plain sight.”

Teams at Community College of Philadelphia will now be repped by a lion instead of “Colonial Phil.”

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest PBS documentary, Country Music.