DesignPhiladelphia offers more than 150 events showcasing the city's designers, artists and creative types.
DesignPhiladelphia offers more than 150 events showcasing the city's designers, artists and creative types.
The National Museum of American Jewish History claims its place on Independence Mall and in the story of the founding of the nation.
All during a recent dinner at Philadelphia’s French restaurant stalwart Le Bec-Fin, I kept a watchful eye on the sumptuous dessert cart as it made its rounds. At last it was my turn to get a close up view of the dozen or choices and hear them described by a young female attendant who...
A series of 50 murals tell the story of a guy's passion for a girl -- and an artist's love for his hometown.
Throughout the city that produced Bill Cosby, Patti Labelle, and Will Smith, the African American imprint remains strong and evident. Along a short stretch of Sixth Street, though, a host of relatively low-key, uniquely Philadelphian, black history sites await. The narrative of this short walk isn’t museum-linear, and it contains no whiz-bang “environments”.
I tell people I moved to Chestnut Hill -- a leafy neighborhood about 10 miles northwest of downtown Philadelphia-- to be near the bike trails of the Wissahickon Woods. Read my hips. I was really more interested in the trail of powdered sugar leading to the few remaining private bakeries in town
The travel market may be soft, but the boutique-style hotels keep coming; here are three such properties opening his fall. The W Boston: This all-glass building from Bentel & Bentel, New York, is meant to distill Beantown’s most famous green spaces –– think Boston Common and the Public Garden –– in a contemporary design...
Philadelphia was designed for pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages, and this makes it nice for bikers and skaters too. Bicycling there has doubled since 2005 and, with newly-announced dedicated bike lanes, it's about to get even more popular. An overview of the best ways to tour Philadelphia and surroundings on two wheels or four.
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final projects and the only synagogue he ever designed, Beth Sholom will open a new visitors center this fall. Designed by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, the 1800-square-foot center will make this famous temple more accessible to the legions of architecture buffs who venture each year to Elkins Park,...
JoAnn Greco considers how some of her favorite cities have been portrayed in some of her favorite movies.
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