Big opportunity meets low ambition in run-up to Philly’s 250th anniversary celebrations | Editorial
A failure to capitalize on America's Semiquincentennial isn’t the only squandered opportunity for the city and its history.
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I documented dozens of shrines to people who’ve died in North Philly − here’s what they tell us about memory, grief and trauma
Consider the statue of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo that was removed from Center City in 2020. As a story in The Philadelphia Inquirer explained at the time, the debate around Rizzo’s ...
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Philly’s 250th celebrations risk falling short without more funding and vision, planners say
Even the Bicentennial in 1976, marred by Mayor Frank Rizzo’s heavy-handed security — he summoned 15,000 National Guard members — still led to the creation of the Mann Center and the African ...