Monthly Archives: May, 2023

History of the Largest and Oldest Children’s Hospital in the United States

The background of Philadelphia's healthcare in general and medical...

Forever young «voice of century»

Mario Lanza is one of the most famous US...

Caroline Still Anderson, the first black female doctor in Philadelphia

Women were not officially admitted to medicine until the...

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The Cultural Code of Magic Gardens: How Isaiah Zagar Turned South Street into a Mosaic Labyrinth

In the late 1960s, Philadelphia’s South Street was on...

The Sound of Philadelphia: How 1970s Soul and Soul-Funk Reshaped Global Pop Music

While Detroit's Motown Records was churning out polished, radio-ready...

Mummers Parade: Behind the Scenes of Philadelphia’s Oldest Folk Tradition

Every year on January 1, while most of the...

What Companionship Care Actually Includes (And What It Doesn’t)

Families rarely go looking for "companion care" by name....
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