Preservation

A rowhouse built around 1760 in Old City was once heated with firewood. Now, it has solar panels on its roof.

The 18th-century building on the grounds of Washington Crossing Historic Park was the encampment site for some troops in December 1776.

The exhibit, on display through spring 2026, examines the blend of modern buildings and historic spaces.

It has spent most of this year at the Port of Mobile in Alabama, being scoured to remove chemicals, wiring, plastic and glass.

The latest round of exhumations of Native American students from a cemetery at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School resulted in the remains of 17 being repatriated.

In Boyertown, PA, artist Charlee Heinz turns bones from forest finds into meaningful artwork that explores death and beauty.

The lots were once tangled up with privately held tax liens. The Land Bank can now transfer them to gardeners and land trusts.

The circular structure has sat vacant for about a decade. The city hopes to fill it in time for a jam-packed year of national events.

While living among chimpanzees in Africa decades ago, Goodall documented the animals using tools and doing other activities previously believed to be exclusive to people.

The historic theater in Delaware County is set to open its doors Aug. 22 for the first time in nearly 40 years.

Businesses may have to start locking alley dumpsters if the law changes as an effort to reduce litter and illegal dumping.

The project in South Jersey is expected to be completed in time for next year’s semiquincentennial celebrations.

The church associated with the Underground Railroad was sold to Cape May after it burned in 2018. It’s now the home of East Lynne Theater Company.

After five weeks of hearings with more than 90 witnesses, the MOVE Commission determined the city’s bombing was an “unconscionable” act.

The 1985 bombing claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children, and destroyed dozens of homes in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia.