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Penn Anthropologist Thinks Cholera Fear Led To Main Line Murders 180 Years Ago
By John Ostapkovich PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The remains of five Irish immigrants unearthed a decade ago near Paoli, Pa. were today transported to a cemetery for burial this coming Friday. But the story of...
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Historic Levis’ Sign Being Relit For National Hot Dog Month
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It’s National Hot Dog Month, and to honor the occasion, one of the most famous South Street delicacies will get a salute tonight. Abe Levis started Levis’ Hot Dogs...
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Our Country’s Founding Fathers Come Together Again, Briefly, in Philadelphia
By John Ostapkovich PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It’s not often that a series of John Hancocks includes John Hancock’s, but an oh-so-rare collection of signatures made a brief stop today in Old City...
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Philadelphia Area Clergy Rally Against Gun Violence
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A group of interfaith clergy gathered this afternoon in center city Philadelphia to call on their members to work for gun control. And they chose a symbolic spot to...
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Positively Philadelphia: Ben Franklin, Full of Surprises!
By Lauren Lipton PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Three hundred seven years ago this month, one of Philadelphia’s best known citizens was born. While most of us know many things about Benjamin Franklin, here are...
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Accomplished Philadelphia Artist Turns Walking Tours Into Photography Lessons
By John McDevitt PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — There’s a new walking tour in Philadelphia that mixes the art of photography with history. Balance, pattern, the “rule of thirds,” and color contrast are some of...
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Cecil B. Moore’s Life Gets Spotlight as North Philadelphia Subway Stop Is...
By Jim Melwert PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — SEPTA today rededicated one of its busiest subway stops to honor the legacy of the man the stop — and the adjacent street — is named for. Cecil B. Moore’s military,...
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Philadelphia, Home of the American Flag, Pulls Out All Stops For Flag Day...
. . . By Hadas Kuznits . PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A variety of Flag Day celebrations were taking place today around Old City Philadelphia, the birthplace of our country and the Stars and Stripes. On...
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Summer Activities Offered For Schoolkids Throughout Philadelphia’s Historic...
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — As summer gets underway for the region’s schoolchildren, the tourism agency Historic Philadelphia wants to help parents fill the time off. Today, officials unveiled...
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Historic Belmont Mansion In Financial Danger As Construction Project Falters
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Construction delays and a dispute with contractors over a $1.5-million addition to Belmont Mansion, in Fairmount Park, has left the historic landmark in dire...
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Councilman Says Owner of Iconic South Philly Firehouse Won’t Rush To Demolish It
By Mike Dunn PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Philadelphia city councilman says he’s made some progress in the effort to save a 19th-century South Philadelphia firehouse from the wrecking ball. First District...
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Sidewalk Celebration Heralds Revolutionary War Museum Progress
By Hadas Kuznits PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Officials of the planned Museum of the American Revolution, planned to open at Third and Chestnut Streets in 2016, used some Early American tactics today to drum...
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Positively Philadelphia: The Strawberry Mansion, Beautifully Restored
By Lauren Lipton PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Strawberry Mansion, the largest of the seven historic Fairmount Park houses, recently underwent a restoration, and you’re invited to visit. “We love to have people...
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Positively Philadelphia: Flag Day Festivities
By Lauren Lipton PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Flag Day is coming up, and you’re invited to a big bash! “Saturday, June 14th, we’re going be hosting what we call the ‘Philadelphia Stripes and Stars Festival,’...
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VP Biden Will Take Part in Philadelphia’s July 4th Ceremonies This Year
By John Ostapkovich PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Vice President Joseph Biden will be part of the Independence Day festivities this year at the place where it all began. Biden will join Mayor Nutter and others...
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New Airport Exhibit Honors Philadelphia Civil Rights Leaders Past and Present
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia marked the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by unveiling a new exhibit today at Philadelphia International Airport. The exhibit honors...
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Controversy Erupts Over Punctuation in Declaration of Independence
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — As timing would have it, the New York Times reports that a scholar is now suggesting, 238 years later, that the official transcript of the Declaration of...
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New Book Recalls Philadelphia’s Role in Bringing Statue of Liberty to U.S.
By John Ostapkovich NEW YORK, N.Y. (CBS) — The Statue of Liberty is iconic, and it may seem as if its construction and placement in New York Harbor was just meant to be. Hardly. Statue designer...
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At Independence Hall, Echoes of a Public Proclamation 238 Years Ago
http://media.philadelphia.cbslocal.com/CBSPHL_20140708184006640AA.mp4 By John Ostapkovich PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Independence National Historical Park today marked 238 years since the first public...
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Houses Going Up For Sale Along Nation’s Oldest Residential Street
By Michelle Durham PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – It’s a history-making event on a street that is no stranger to history. Historic Elfreth’s Alley, in the heart of Old City Philadelphia — the oldest residential...
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Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery Inaugurates Its ‘Hotties’ Tour
By Paul Kurtz PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — At Laurel Hill Cemetery this evening, a new tour will focus on scamps and scoundrels, and the women who loved them. “We have a list of what we would consider the most...
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Tree at Future American Revolution Museum Dedicated to Visionary Founder
By John McDevitt PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Another dedication was held today at the construction site of the Museum of the American Revolution, now being built in Old City Philadelphia. This time, it was...
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Ongoing Series Highlights Local History of Underground Railroad
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A center city arts center is hosting a festival of events that tells the rich history of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia. Most people have heard of Harriet...
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Birthday Party in Old City Fêtes America’s Premier Flagmaker
By John McDevitt PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Betsy Ross House, in Old City Philadelphia, threw a birthday party today for the late woman of the house. Happy birthday to Betsy Ross! America’s most famous...
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Philadelphia Will Host 2016 Democratic National Convention
http://media.philadelphia.cbslocal.com/CBSPHL_20150212233522763AA.mp4 By Mike Dunn and Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Democratic National Committee has chosen Philadelphia as the site city to host...
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Philadelphia Will Extend Its Long History of Hosting Political Conventions
By Jim Melwert PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia is no stranger to presidential nominating conventions. The Democratic National Convention has been held here twice already, most recently in 1948, when...
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Philadelphia’s Union League Commemorates Lincoln’s Birthday, 206 Years On
By Mark Abrams PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Members of the Union League of Philadelphia today observed the 206th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln birthday with a parade from the group’s...
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A Long Oversight Corrected: Philadelphia To Get An Official Veterans’ Day Parade
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The observance of Veterans’ Day, still months away, was today on the minds of a number of officials who gathered at Philadelphia City Hall. Noted Philadelphia...
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Philadelphia Schoolkids Share Their Knowledge at National History Day Event
By John McDevitt PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Hundreds of children were showing their smarts and their creativity at a history competition being held, today and tomorrow, in Old City Philadelphia. At the...
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Lincoln Assassination 150th Anniversary, Part 3: John Wilkes Booth’s...
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Today is the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s death, at the hands of John Wilkes Booth. Booth may be one of history’s great villains, but his brother Edwin was...
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At Girard College, Marking 50 Years Since Beginning of the End of Segregation...
By Robin Culverwell PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Some of the original Freedom Fighters whose protest led to the desegregation of Girard College in the 1960s were back outside the school this morning,...
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Old City Ceremony Honors Long-Forgotten Civil War Hero
By Molly Daly PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — An historic cemetery in Old City Philadelphia today observed Memorial Day with the dedication of a plaque honoring a Philadelphia man who died during the Civil War....
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Positively Philadelphia: Celebrating Lafayette’s Arrival in Colonial America
by Lauren Lipton PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Right now it is still crossing the Atlantic Ocean from France, but on June 25th a replica of the ship Hermione is scheduled to come up the Delaware River and dock...
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Historic Polish Catholic Church in Fishtown Gets Slightly Closer To Protected...
http://media.philadelphia.cbslocal.com/CBSPHL_20150609174746000AA.mp4 By KYW community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Dozens of members of Philadelphia’s first Polish Catholic...
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Positively Philadelphia: Another Summer of Concerts in a Fairmount Park Mansion
by Lauren Lipton PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — This might be one of the loveliest things to do on a Sunday night in Philadelphia in summer. “This is our 40th anniversary of Concerts by Candlelight at Laurel...
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Comcast Founder Ralph Roberts Dead At 95
http://media.philadelphia.cbslocal.com/CBSPHL_20150619173146410AA.mp4 By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — One of Philadelphia’s leading entrepreneurs and business leaders has died. Ralph Roberts, who...
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Developer Agrees To Reconsider Plans For Big Building in Historic Old City...
By Mike Dunn PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A controversial plan for a ten-story apartment building in Old City, not far from the Betsy Ross House, has been tabled, at least for the moment. (The architectural...
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City and Church Leaders Note Significance of Pope’s Independence Hall Stop
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — When Pope Francis visits Philadelphia in September, he will be making a stop at Independence Mall to speak about subjects near and dear to him. With Independence Hall...
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Annual Reading of Declaration of Independence Draws Hundreds in Old City
By Mike Dougherty PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — July 4th is Independence Day, but it wasn’t until July 8th that most colonists found out about the secret happenings going on inside Independence Hall. Today, a...
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Phila. Historical Commission Gives Historic Designation To Vacant Fishtown...
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia’s first Polish Catholic church, which was slated to be demolished, has won a reprieve from the city’s Historical Commission by receiving a historical...
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