The last “Firstival” during Black History Month will balance respectful remembrance with a celebration of activists, past and ...

In 1683, the Concord arrived in Old City from Krefeld, an artisan community in Germany, with 33 people aboard, many of whom practiced the Mennonite and Quaker faiths. America’s newest arrivals took ...

Long before the United States fought a war for freedom, a small group of Philadelphians challenged the status quo.

Philadelphia's historic sites aren't all located in the the heart of the city -- a number of significant sites, as well as some impressive houses, are in Northwest Philadelphia, in Germantown.

Philadelphia’s neighborhoods each have character and history that deserve to be preserved, and it often falls to small business owners to maintain the buildings that serve as monuments to the past.

GERMANTOWN >> Historic Germantown is causing more Northwest Philadelphians to consider ways to turn their properties in stormwater management systems. The nonprofit drew much fanfare as it invited the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- When "Bright April" was published in 1946, it was the first mainstream children's book to address racial prejudice. Tuomi Forrest, Executive Director of Historic Germantown, ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Pearson House is a historic site on the 5100 block of Wayne Avenue in the city's Germantown section. It's been around for 169 years and was built in 1852. It's now in the ...

Join your neighbors in saying “Happy 236th Birthday” to our nation in Germantown this Independence Day. The annual “Fourth of July in Historic Germantown” neighborhood festival will be held on ...

Historic Germantown in partnership with the Johnson House Historic Site and photographer Tieshka K. Smith, presents a brand new exhibit about the legacy and impact of the Philadelphia Juneteenth ...

The same weekend Denmark’s Alex Rasmussen peddled his spandex-clad and professionally trained buttocks off to a win at the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship, a group of bikers in ...