History

A spate of demolitions inspired city officials to think differently about how to save Philadelphia’s historic buildings.

The wardrobe of Maira Kalman’s mother tells the story of a 20th century American Jewish experience. You can take a peek inside.

The play has been the object of scorn and disgust for its subject matter and even for its title. But this flawed presentation satisfies as a glimpse of theater history.

Archaeologists say the remains of at least 491 people were found on a construction site in Old City. Could there be more forgotten burial grounds waiting to be unearthed?

For eight decades, the Caped Crusader has kept watch over the streets of Gotham City and beyond. In honor of the Dark Knight, Marketplace does the numbers.

Gearing up for Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday on May 31, Penn’s “Whitman at 200” project hosted a gathering showcasing material from the last 20 years of the writer’s life.

The African American Museum of Bucks County wants to develop a permanent museum that tells the stories of blacks in Bucks County.

The white dishcloth that ended the Civil War has been recreated in monumental size at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.

On the 40th anniversary of the partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania residents remember where they were and how they felt that day.

Anna Broomall broke gender barriers and worked to lower maternal and infant mortality rates.

Overall drug use, and the use of crack in particular, was in decline by 1989, but Bush turbocharged the war on drugs that night.

Imagine Georgia O'Keeffe needing "luck" to paint a flower. But there it is, in the artist's twirling calligraphy, in a letter to her friend, filmmaker Henwar Rodakiewicz.

Tamara Lanier says "Papa Renty" is the patriarch of her family and that Harvard is using those photos without permission and profiting from photos taken by a racist professor.

The jazz legend and barrier breaker was born on March 17, 1919 in Montgomery, Ala.

While the success of #MeToo testifies to the power of social media, as a scholar who studies feminism, I know it’s not the first movement of its kind.