Red Grooms' Philadelphia cornucopia and other sculpto-pictoramas

This chapter discusses John Philip Sousa's move from Washington to Philadelphia to prove himself as a violinist, arranger, and composer. Following his tours with Nobles, he “decide...

At the very beginning of the interwar period, a small collection of formally trained architects created a distinctive residential type which can undoubtedly be recognized as a Phil...

In this chapter, the author shares his journey, traversing different paths that take us from Broad Street to Locust Street, from Pattison Avenue to City Line Avenue, all the way to...

In Philadelphia’s Germans: From Colonial Settlers to Enemy Aliens, Richard N. Juliani examines the social, cultural, and political life, along with the ethnic consciousness, of Phi...