Preservation

Not all Italian Americans want statues of Christopher Columbus to represent their familial history.

The Philadelphia Historical Commission and Philadelphia Art Commission – are the legacy of systemic racism and racial exclusion.

Delia King is among the 100 Delco residents displaced by Tropical Storm Isaias. “One day you’re fine,” she said. “The next day — boom — it’s gone.”

The West Philadelphia institution will receive a $135,000 grant to help cover the new director’s salary and the costs of searching for the new full-time director.

A bitterly fought-over Fishtown icon will survive at least another month after heated debate over whether the crumbling landmark can be saved.

Amidst the weeks of protests, an old conversation has gained new traction: what do we do with our monuments to slaveholders and other problematic historical figures?

The group behind the campaign wants to buy the Black artist’s house and transform it into a creative hub for North Philadelphia.

People damaged historic buildings in the aftermath of protest. Let’s not mourn. Instead, think about the values and stories we tell with our architecture.

Preservationist Paul Steinke rediscovers the wondrous yet fragile beauty of his West Philadelphia neighborhood, taking readers to 8 Garden Court sites.

A housing development planned for a gentrifying area was hit with a firestorm of resistance from neighbors who will lose land that they use as gardens.

A West Philadelphia church is rebuilding after a 2019 fire. Most of the 115-year-old building will be demolished but the bell tower will be preserved.

It’s already a National Historic Landmark, but is still in danger of decay.

N.J.’s refusal to list the Camden home where MLK plotted his first protest on the state’s Register of Historic Places insults the civil rights leader’s legacy.

The Historic Preservation Office withholds a spot on the state’s Register of Historic Places from the site where King planned one of his earliest protests.

With the debt burden lifted, the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is one step closer to adding programming to attract younger people to the house and museum.