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Construction has begun on Penn’s Walk, a new condominium building, located at 1011 E. Willow Grove Ave. in Wyndmoor.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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7/8/26
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7/8/26
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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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There’s a lot to live up to when you’re the son of Gregg Allman, who performed with his brother Duane in the chart-busting Allman Brothers Band.
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by Jeff Meade
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7/2/26
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This week in Chestnut Hill Local history
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7/2/26
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The Chestnut Hill Conservancy has announced that architect, board member and longtime community volunteer Jean McCoubrey will serve as the next president of its board of directors beginning Aug. 1.
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by Chrissy Clawson
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7/2/26
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Lil’ Filmmakers has persevered through the help of grants and donors. To celebrate this resilience, on July 11, the organization will hold Rox the Block, a block party-style fundraiser.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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7/2/26
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Since Jansen closed its doors in West Mt. Airy last September, some local foodies have lamented the paucity of fine dining options in Northwest Philadelphia.
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by Len Lear
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7/2/26
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Phyllis Taylor, of Mt. Airy and Germantown for the last 55 years, a giant in the field of human rights, racial equity and social justice, died June 4 at Keystone Care Hospice in Wyndmoor of endometrial cancer.
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by Len Lear
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7/2/26
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Over a year after being re-awarded the project, Columbus, Ohio-based developer KBK Enterprises has yet to present a plan for the Germantown YWCA property.
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by Tommy Tucker
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7/2/26
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When I was a kid, gambling meant my dad taking the bus to Atlantic City, betting lines in the back of the sports page, and Vegas Vic on WIP.
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by State Rep. Tarik Khan (D., 194th District)
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7/2/26
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Poppy and Pebbles are loving bonded siblings who were rescued from a trash can in Grays Ferry.
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7/2/26
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One of the league leaders, Holy Family University’s Team Aquatic (2-0), had a bye last week, while Jefferson University’s Team Blackstar remained in the top spot as it climbed to a 3-0 record.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/2/26
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