Southwark History

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Jim Murphy

Do You Know This Philly Fact?

Jul 14, 2024

Jul 14, 2024

Jim Murphy

Philadelphia’s Lazaretto

It’s the place people ask me about the most

Mar 20

Philadelphia’s Lazaretto

Mar 20

Jim Murphy

Still Revolutionary — Part 2

Philly started the Mural Arts Program in 1984 to stop graffiti … and it worked!

Jan 25

Still Revolutionary — Part 2

Jan 25

Jim Murphy

Ending the Curse of Billy Penn

Why Philly teams are winning again

Dec 18, 2024

Ending the Curse of Billy Penn

Dec 18, 2024

Jim Murphy

Still Revolutionary — Part 1

Philly started the U.S.’s first Percent for Art program in 1959

Nov 25, 2024

Still Revolutionary — Part 1

Nov 25, 2024

Jim Murphy

William Penn Jane’s Walk

Join me Oct. 20 at noon in front of the National Constitution Center

Sep 19, 2024

William Penn Jane’s Walk

Sep 19, 2024

Jim Murphy

Signs of Neglect

Signers Walk in Philly is missing 13 names … and some portraits have been defaced — literally!

Sep 6, 2024

Signs of Neglect

Sep 6, 2024

Jim Murphy

SIGN ME UP

Philly resident replaces missing Pa. historic marker … because the museum commission wouldn’t

Aug 15, 2024

SIGN ME UP

Aug 15, 2024

Jim Murphy

Tough Traveling

Philly wasn’t easy to get to from Europe

Aug 2, 2024

Tough Traveling

Aug 2, 2024

Jim Murphy

Do you know this Philly Fact?

Jul 11, 2024

Jul 11, 2024

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Preserving and promoting the history of Southwark, a historic district located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Editors

Amy Grant

Writer, researcher, chair of the Historic Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Preservation Corporation.

Michael Schreiber

Michael Schreiber is a writer and local historian who lives in the Queen Village (formerly Southwark) section of Philadelphia. Website: www.philahistory.org

Jim Murphy

Jim is a writer, former magazine editor and certified tour guide in Philadelphia. His book Real Philly History, Real Fast was published in June, 2021.

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