Municipal Pier No. 9, also known as the Cherry Street Pier, on N. Delaware Ave just south of the Race Street Pier (which was Municipal...

509 Vine St., also known as The Boekel Building is a six-story, reinforced concrete building clad in brick with terra cotta details. It...

240 - 242 N 3rd St are 4 story Greek revival buildings, built ca 1850 probably as factories or warehouses. A Google search only comes up...

The clearing of three blocks north of Independence Hall in the 1950s meant the wholesale demolition of many 19th century buildings; it...

238 Arch St., built ca. 1895, is a 4-story, 3-bay, painted brick, Victorian Eclectic building. One of the earliest occupants was...

Farmacia replaced the short lived restaurant "Novelty" in 2005, closing in the summer of 2020 as one of the first casualties of the...

For decades, 2nd Street in Old City was the place that restaurant owners went to buy their supplies and equipment. Between Race and Arch...

Originally conceived in 1933 to stand in Fairmount Park, Isamu Noguchi's "Bolt of Lightning" wouldn't be built for half a century. The...

Surface parking lots generally occur when old (often forgotten) buildings are torn down and aren't replaced. This is a history of what...

The Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank Building was built in 1854-55 and designed by John M. Gries in the Italianate style with a marble facade....

In 1836 John B. Myers and John W. Claghorn established an auction and commission merchant business at the corner of Market St & Bank St...

Since the late 1950's, it was likely that it was just a matter of time before the Vine St Expressway would be built. The path the...

In 1947 the “Better Philadelphia” report was published. In order to eliminate traffic congestion and revitalize the city, the report...

Colonial Philadelphia was a place of urban culture and accomplishment. Its streets were crowded with people of diverse national origins,...

Girard Fountain Park is a pocket park at 325 Arch St., adjacent to the firehouse. The park was created in the mid-1960s after the...

We all know about the beautiful historic homes on Elfreth's Alley, but just a couple of blocks away is an under-appreciated gem. This row...

A building at the SE corner of 3rd & Market was built about 1792 by Joseph Cooke, goldsmith and jeweler. Splendid shops were on the...

Due to strong Quaker influences, Philadelphia was a hub of abolitionist organizing and a busy station on the Underground Railroad. The...

Built c. 1844. 211-213 N 3rd was originally a four story Greek revival building. In 1975, the upper three stories were removed, and in...