Tucked away in the quiet third-floor archives of the William Way LGBT Community Center, there’s a nearly 50-year-old leather-bound folder. The dozens of index cards inside are a window to a different ...

Underneath southwest Philly’s oil refinery, which announced its closure Wednesday, sits 150 years of pollution and soil contamination. Lead and benzene are just two of the compounds that have showed ...

New Jersey’s coastline spans 127 glorious miles, but all shore towns are not made of the same stuff. Some revel in their deep history as vacation destinations for the well-to-do. Others have honed ...

New York-based artist Jake Berman wants cities to start examining ways to bring their public transit systems into the future—by looking at the past. And for Philly, that means an oft-forgotten ...

From the outside, The Parker-Spruce Hotel on 13th Street looks like most other buildings in Center City—a towering brick facade with a worn limestone, metal overhang above the entrance. It blends in ...

Louis Kahn was a man of many talents: a gifted artist. A playful pianist. And in the words of Philip Johnson, one of the most influential and “beloved architects of all time.” Frank Gehry, speaking ...

For all the fame that has followed Louis Kahn, what’s even more noteworthy is that many of the architect’s biggest hits were built within a span of just a few decades—and in some cases, four decades ...

Every year, each Philly resident produces about one ton of trash—and a whole lot of it typically ends up on the street. Now, a new interactive map lets you see just how much trash and litter your ...

The Eagles have called many stadiums home throughout Philly. Courtesy of Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images Before the Eagles made the Linc their main stage in 2003, the Super Bowl-bound team ...

A plan to redevelop the St. Mary’s Assumption campus in Manayunk has been significantly altered. Renderings via the Manayunk Neighborhood Council Plans to turn the former campus of St. Mary of the ...

A new tool shows what Philly could look like in 2100 if sea levels continue to rise. Images via Google Earth A new interactive map from nonprofit organization Climate Central reveals a troubling ...

This year, after nearly three years of construction, the Comcast Technology Center will open its doors in Center City, becoming Philadelphia’s first supertall tower, and the tallest and most ...