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Spend enough time on the trails of the park and you’ll probably run into him. He bikes Forbidden Drive with a stack of panels, stopping whenever something catches his eye.
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by Tom Judd and Carla Robinson
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7/7/26
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Philadelphia gets the party this year and it’s celebrating its status as the birthplace of independence like it really means it. Still, let’s not forget what’s right up the road.
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by Carla Robinson
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7/7/26
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1929 — with the Great Depression looming — was not the most opportune moment to start a career, especially for a rare woman architect.
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by Amy Lambert
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7/7/26
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When this city steps onto the global stage to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday, some 10,000 loyal Philadelphians will be showing up too.
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by Carla Robinson
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7/6/26
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Next time you find yourself on the west side of Chestnut Hill or Mt. Airy, look for how the streets follow the shape of the land and the leafy edges of Wissahickon Park.
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by Carol Franklin and George McNeely
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7/6/26
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Most of us aren’t stewarding a National Historic Landmark. But old houses are old houses.
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by Carla Robinson
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7/6/26
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Walk past the old Haines family home on a late spring morning and you’ll smell it before you see it.
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by Carla Robinson
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7/6/26
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T he Wissahickon Creek can’t see a map. It rises in Montgomery County and threads through the gorge to join the Schuylkill River without much regard for Philadelphia city limits. The 19th-century …
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7/6/26
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I t seems impossible but I pretty clearly remember the nation’s Bicentennial celebration 50 — was it really 50? — years ago.
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4/2/26
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Susan Gillette Meer was familiar with the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) through her grandmother, who joined in 1938. However, she assumed she’d never partake in the group’s initiatives.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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4/2/26
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Philadelphia’s past and the nation’s history are deeply entwined, with every corner of the region a part of America’s 250 years and beyond.
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by Sean Marsala
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4/2/26
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In the Eighteenth Century, innovative Philadelphia doctors created the first hospital, but they also applied native plant remedies...
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by Robert Calandra
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4/2/26
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As Philadelphians get ready to toast America’s 250th anniversary this summer, they might find themselves enjoying some of the same drinks the first Americans did, such as wine, beer or cider.
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by Elie Bekelman
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4/2/26
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In 1752, during one June afternoon in Philadelphia, Ben Franklin flew his kite in a thunderstorm.
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by Abby Weiss
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4/2/26
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Once upon a time, on Wednesday nights between Thanksgiving and Christmas, there was Stag Night – an evening of holiday shopping for men only. Its origins are lost to the mists of time.
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by Jeff Meade
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1/2/26
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W inter is upon us. For many, the requisite seasonal decorating frenzy of the holidays inspires efforts to declutter, and ignites a spark to pare down an abundance of possessions.
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by Susan Schaefer
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1/2/26
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Noelle Goudy, 27, daughter of Kilian’s owner Russell Goudy, Jr. is the fourth generation to work at her family’s iconic, nationally known hardware store. And though she’s been a full-time employee for just three years, Noelle has already placed her imprimatur on the 112-year-old business.
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by Anndee Hochman
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1/2/26
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Wissahickon Valley Park’s trees are the lungs of Northwest Philadelphia, providing life to hundreds of wildlife species. But as landscape architect Carol Franklin walks through the park now, she also sees a woodland being attacked on multiple fronts.
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by Abby Weiss
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1/2/26
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You bought mushrooms at the market — now what?
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by Carla Robinson
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1/2/26
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