Mike Newall

The university opened a full-scale recreation of a colonial coffee house, a centerpiece of Penn’s first major exhibit of the Semiquincentennial, as the 250th anniversary of America's birth is known.

For decades a haven for booklovers, the five-story, 25,000 square-foot antiquarian bookstore is a sea of tomes, bursting with 300,000 rare and vintage books.

Nneka Brown, Philadelphia250’s director of operations, will assume day-to-day management duties Jan 1.

Penn researchers are trying to discern the true provenance of a pair of centuries-old gloves said to have possibly belonged to the Bard himself.

The author will be appearing at Brave New Worlds comics in Old City on Election Day for a get out the vote celebration.

The tiny family bakery, which prides itself on its distinctive, old-world bread, had been closed since April after portions of its oven collapsed when city crews dug into the street outside.

The most mammoth trove of public market materials in the world, anchored in Reading Terminal, will soon be open to the public.

The Marquis de Lafayette gifted the sword to a soldier who survived Valley Forge and later fought under Alexander Hamilton.

Orders for the bakery's sugar cookies with the candidates' names on them are pouring in from 50 states.

The new 9th St mural will honor Frankie and Joe Tartaglia, founders of Connie’s Ric Rac, who meant a great deal to many Philly artists.