festivalmay 23 — june 30 2013 festivalfestival

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9 remarkable sites 10 artist projectstickets and info at festival.hiddencityphila.org

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Corzo Center for the Creative Economy

at the University of the Arts

UArts.edu/summerinstitute for more informationemail precollege@uarts.edu or call 215.717.6430.

The Corzo Center for the CreAtive eConomy

at the University of the Arts provides funding and support

to creative arts businesses.

Corzo Center for the Creative Economy

at the University of the Arts

UArts’ Corzo Center links creative arts, business and innovation. Guided by the belief that entrepreneurship is both a form of business innovation and a form of public and social action, our programs provide artists, performers and media makers the tools they need to control their economic lives.

corzocenter.uarts.edu

PhiladelPhia really is different than other Ameri-can cities. Someone once said we’re like Boston mixed with De-troit, a comparison that nails the combination of history and de-cay that makes this such a fascinating place. There’s a reason the Hidden City Festival happened here and not some tidy city like Portland or Minneapolis, and it’s because we have an outsized share of buildings that make you wonder, what the heck is inside?

Over the past two years we’ve scoured the city, neighborhood by neighborhood, to find the most unusual sites with the most interesting histories. Some are magnificent buildings that are

vacant and deteriorating; others are private, belonging to one of the picturesque institu-tions that seem to survive in Philadelphia long after becoming extinct elsewhere.

Now it’s time to unlock the doors. Join us and explore a storefront synagogue in South Philadelphia, a theater concealed within an ornate apartment block in Powelton and a massive dye works in Frankford.

There are nine remarkable sites in all, spread out across the city. It’s worth the trip just to see them, but the place and its his-tory are only part of the equation. Each site has been transformed by an ambitious contemporary artist project, a work created spe-cifically for that space. These projects are all participatory to vary-ing degrees, engaging the visitor and creating a shared experience, rather than being meant for the eye alone.

Your presence is what brings these projects to life. Take part in a Utopian experiment in civic democracy. Become a member of an imagined secret “Society of Pythagoras.” Join a knitting operation

to fashion a new façade for a 100-year-old store-front synagogue. These are the kind of experiences that await you, not to mention the extensive lineup of talks, tours, movies, concerts and workshops we have on tap.

The Hidden City Festival is also, we hope, a way to change the way people think about the city. Bringing inert spaces temporarily to life through the imagination of artists is a form of brainstorm-ing about what these places could be, an open-end-ed process that stirs the pot rather than providing the exact recipe. And it works (sometimes). After the first Hidden City Festival in 2009, a vacant part of Shiloh Baptist Church became practice space for local dance companies, the Drop Forge building at Disston Saw Works found a tenant, and the third floor of Founder’s Hall at Girard College became a site for performances.

We wanted this year’s festival to create even more stakeholders for these sites, so we devel-oped a new crowdsourcing website with web design firm I-Site and funded by a grant from the

Barra Foundation. The site allows us to recruit volunteers, raise funds, and source materials for each project. The campaigns are not only about generating these resources, but also bringing together a group of people we hope will stay involved with the sites after the festival is over. Follow artists and projects, connect with other festival-goers, and join the conversation at festival.hiddencityphila.org.

—the hidden City team

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PhiladelPhia 2013 Festival.

9 sites > 10 art projects > 6 weeks to see the city anew

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f r e e a d m i s s i o n — d o n a t i o n s a p p r e c i a t e d

centerforartinwood.org

Mark Sfirri & robert g. dodge, Secretaire

the CeNter for Art iN Wood

JohN GrASS Wood turNiNG ComPANy

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John grass artifacts exhibited down the alley at the center

John Grass & The CenterThe Quarry STreeTConneCTion: where old wood meeTS new

John grass wood turning co., Bundle of Balusters

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Building Excellence with Master Craftsman for 132 Years

Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters of Philadelphia & Vicinity

EDWARD CORYELLExecutive Secretary TreasurerBusiness Manager

NOEL ORRPresident

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Opening HOurs: Thursday-sunday | 12-7p.m

t O P U R C h a s e & R e s e R v efestival.hiddencityphila.org/visit Or call the box office at 267 428 0575

f e s t i va l K i C K O f f B l O C K Pa R t ysaturday, May 25 | 7-11 PMGoldtex Building, 12th & Wood st. admission: $15 + pay-as-you-go food trucks and beer.

Volunteer for the Hidden City Festival! festival.hiddencityphila.org/volunteers

Visitors need to be comfortable walking up stairs and across uneven ground to visit some Festival locations. Where needed, there will be staff on site to assist the people with disabilities. Visitors with respiratory conditions should be aware that some sites are dusty. Contact our box office with any questions: 267 428 0575.

festivalmay 23 — june 30 2013

festivalfestivale v e n t s

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may one-time events

may23 OPen hOUse: dUfala BROtheRs @ Globe Dye Works

Thursday, May 23, 1-4pM | project: Oil & Water | event type: Tour

may23 indUCtiOn CeRemOny tO the seCRet ORdeR

Of the Knights Of PythagORas @ Hawthorne Hall Thursday, May 23, 12-7pM | project: secret of pythagoras | event type: reception

may24 shivtei festival OPening PaRty @ Shivtei Yeshuron

Friday, May 24, 4-6pM | event type: reception

may25 hidden City OPening PaRty @ Goldtex Building

saturday, May 25 | event type: reception

may26 sUnday mORning sPeaKeR seRies: “ORal histORy PROjeCt:

shivtei yeshUROn in 1960s and 1970s” @ Shivtei Yeshuronsunday, May 26, 10AM-12pM | event type: Coffee, Bagels, and speaker

may26 “We the Weeds” Wild Plant tReK and BOtaniCal CORdial@ Ft. Mifflin

sunday, May 26, 2-3:30pM | project: ruins At High Battery | event type: Tour

may30 OPen hOUse: dUfala BROtheRs @ Globe Dye Works

sunday, May 30, 1-4pM | project: Oil & Water | event type: Tour

may30 edWaRd g. Pettit: the POe WaRs @ Athenaeum

Thursday, May 30, 5:30-7pM | project: Through The pale Door | event type: Talk

may31 a/v aRChaeOlOgy: heRitage eleCtROniCs @ Historical Society of Frankford

Friday, May 31, 7pM | project: A/V Archaeology | event type: Concert

reCurring eventseveRy

day! Knit laB @ Shivtei Yeshmuronstarting Thursday, May 23, 1-6pM (repeating daily)

project: ADMK Knit Lab | event type: Workshop

eveRy fRiday &

satURdaydOCent tOUR @ John Grass Wood Turningstarting Friday, May 24, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30pM (repeating every Friday & saturday) | project: Wood shop | event type: Tour

eveRy satURday City hall meeting On an indePendent geRmantOWn

@ Germantown Town Hallstarting saturday, May 25, 3-5pM (repeating every saturday) project: germantown City Hall | event type: Talk

eveRy satURday WateR fUtURes: meet the BiBOtORiUm @ Kelly Natatorium

starting saturday, May 25, 3pM (repeating every saturday) project: Bibotorium | event type: Tour

fOUR sUndays OPen hOUse: the RUins Of high BatteRy @ Ft. Mifflin

starting sunday, May 26, 2-4pM (repeating four sundays) project: The ruins At High Battery | event type: Tour

f e s t i va l s i t e Pa s s e s ( t h U R s d ay s a R e f R e e )One-day pass: $20Weekend plus pass: $40 (Fri-Sun)All-Festival pass: $70

Festival passes include access to all nine sites during opening hours, and also a variety of events. These events are free, however they do require a reservation, as space is limited.

after hours special Events carry an additional charge, and are marked with a (listing to the right).

m e m B e R Pa s s e sBecome a member and receive 25% off! One-day pass: $15Weekend plus pass: $30All Festival pass: $50 hiddencityphila.org/membership

June 20, 20137:30 p.m.

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june one-time events

jUne1 OPen hOUse: data gaRden @ Historical Society of Frankford

saturday, June 1, 1-4pM | project: A/V Archaeology | event type: Tour

jUne2 sUnday mORning sPeaKeR seRies: ”Chasing dReams:

BaseBall and jeWs in ameRiCa” @ Shivtei Yeshuronsunday, June 2, 10AM-12pM | event type: coffee, bagels, and speaker

jUne3 RadiCal jeWish mUsiC: a COnCeRt seRies — aBRaxas @ Shivtei Yeshuron

Monday, June 3, 7pM | project: radical Jewish Music | event type: concert

jUne6 hilaRy iRis lOWe: POe’s ROse

COveRed COttage and PhiladelPhia’s haUnted PalaCes @ AthenaeumThursday, June 6, 5:30-7pM | project: Through The pale Door | event type: Talk

jUne8 hidden City BiKe Ride @ Ft. Mifflin

saturday, June 8, 11AM-1pM | project: ruins At High Battery | event type: Bike ride

jUne9 sUnday mORning sPeaKeR seRies:

“RadiCal jeWish PhiladelPhia” @ Shivtei Yeshuronsunday, June 9, 10AM-12pM | event type: Coffee, Bagels, and speaker

jUne12 RadiCal jeWish mUsiC: a COnCeRt seRies — vOlaC @ Shivtei Yeshuron

Wednesday, June 12, 7pM | project: radical Jewish Music | event type: Concert

jUne13 OPen hOUse: RUth sCOtt BlaCKsOn @ Athenaeum

Thursday, June 13, 5:30-7pM | project: Through The pale Door | event type: Tour

jUne14 a/v aRChaeOlOgy: digital aRChives @ Historical Society of Frankford

Friday, June 14, 7pM | project: A/V Archaeology | event type: Concert

jUne16 sUnday mORning sPeaKeR seRies: ClaRiOn, Utah and

the jeWish BaCK-tO-the-land mOvement @ Shivtei Yeshuronsunday, June 16, 10AM-12pM | event type: Coffee, Bagels, and speaker

jUne16 “We the Weeds” Wild Plant tReK and BOtaniCal CORdial @ Ft. Mifflin

sunday, June 16, 2-3:30pM | project: The ruins At High Battery | event type: Tour

jUne20 PUnK jeWs @ Shivtei Yeshuron

Thursday, June 20, 7pM | event type: Documentary

jUne23 sUnday mORning sPeaKeR seRies:

”my fiRst KafKa and favORite BOOKs” @ Shivtei Yeshuronsunday, June 23, 10AM-12pM | event type: Coffee, Bagels, and speaker

jUne23 indePendent geRmantOWn

flagmaKing WORKshOP @ Germantown Town Hallsunday, June 23, 12-7pM | project: germantown City Hall | event type: Workshop

jUne27 a sWeateR fOR shivtei yeshUROn @ Shivtei Yeshuron

Thursday, June 27, 7-9pM | project: ADMK Knit Lab | event type: reception

jUne30 sUnday mORning sPeaKeR seRies:

“the sPhas and jeWish BasKetBall” @ Shivtei Yeshuronsunday, June 30, 10AM-12pM | event type: Coffee, Bagels, and speaker

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Site HiStoryFort Mifflin was built starting in 1771 on what was then Mud Island, a sword-shaped sliver of marshy ground in the Delaware River. Revolutionary forc-es completed the fort only to see it bombarded and captured by the British in 1777. The Americans later recaptured, rebuilt and renamed it after Pennsyl-vania’s first governor, Thomas Mifflin. The fort was later used as a prison during the Civil War. In the 1870s, a gun emplacement known as the “High Bat-tery” was built outside the fort’s walls on the south-ern section of the island. The military decommis-sioned Fort Mifflin in 1962, and the Interior Depart-ment designated it a National Historic Landmark in 1970. Today, Mud Island is an island only in name, and is flanked by the Philadelphia Airport, storage tanks and an active military base.

Fort miFFlin & mud islandFort Mifflin

and Hog island roads

neighborhoodEastwick

how to get thereCar (no public transit

service available)

A restored former Revolutionary War fort on the Delaware River bordered by the ruins of a 1870s cannon emplacement.

ArtiSt ProjectArtists Ben neiditz and Zach Webber will create Ruins at High Battery, a series of improvised structures from sal-vaged materials on a wooded shore of the Delaware River, bordering the thick stone walls of Fort Mifflin. These ad-hoc structures will invoke both a forgotten past and a post-apocalyptic future, and echo the shack settlements that dotted South Philadelphia’s marshlands prior to the 20th century. The structures will be made with scavenged material from the past 250 years, unsettling the distinction between architecture and ruin, artifact and garbage. Some structures will appear to extend the ruins of the High Bat-tery cannon emplacement built in the 1870s, while others will blend in with the dense vegetation. The project calls attention to the presence of nature, even in an industrial landscape, and the history of informal settlement in the area, which has often been overlooked because it left be-hind so few physical traces.

P h oToS By P eT e r Wo o da L L

JOHN MILNER ARCHITECTS, INC.www.johnmilnerarchitects.com

JOHN MILNER ARCHITECTS, INC.www.johnmilnerarchitects.com

NEW DESIGN

PRESERVATION

NEW DESIGN

PRESERVATION

RESTORATION

RENOVATION

RESTORATION

RENOVATION

Mural Arts, through the Restored Spaces Initiative, is developing a model of practice using Philadelphia public schools, rec centers, and commercial corridors as permeable campuses on which to convene cross-community gatherings to integrate public art with sustainable revitalization strategies. The projects provide a platform for community action through art and planning in shaping the urban landscape.

SHISSLER & BIG GREEN BLOCK PROJECTCelebrate the opening of Shissler Greenway Spray Park, by renowned artist Beverly Fisher, whose work has expanded the breadth and depth of Restored Spaces.

Thursday, May 2311 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.Shissler Recreation Center1800 Blair Street (directly following Tot Graduation)

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Restored Spaces Originator & Project Manager, Shari Hersh 267-972-3944 | shari.hersh@muralarts.org

WORKSHOPS WITH STACY LEVYIn partnership with the Philadelphia Water Department, we present community workshops to design and install temporary art in Queen Village. The art will focus on the use of rainwater to bring awareness to storm water management in the neighborhood.

Community Art Making DaySaturday, June 110 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.Site TBD

Design WorkshopSaturday, May 1810 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.Shot Tower Recreation Center131 Carpenter Street, 19147 http://ph.ly/sqAdJEventBrite:

SPONSORS: The City of Philadelphia Water Department, The City of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department, PTS Foundation

Dear Hidden city,You celebrate the power of place. (lucky me!)

I celebrate the power of you.

P.S. Find more neighborhood treasures here:

ATKIN OLSHIN SCHADE ARCHITECTSArchitecture • Preservation • Adaptive Reuse • Planning

125 South Ninth Street, Suite 900 Philadelphia, PA 19107Tel: (215) 925-7812aosarchitects.comblog.aosarchitects.com

See our restoration work at the Commandant’s House at Fort Mifflin while at the Hidden City Festival 2013!

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neighborhood highlights

A part of Me » 3834 Lancaster Ave., apartofme.net, 215-662-0707 // Treasure trove of vintage and consignment clothing.

green Line Cafe » 3649 Lancaster Ave., greenlinecafe.com, 215-382-2143 // Fair Trade coffee, sandwiches and a patio.

international Foods & spices » 4203 Walnut St., 215-222-4480 // ask for the samosas behind the counter.

Dwight’s southern Bar-B-Que » 4345 Lancaster Ave., 215-879-2497 // Even southerners like it.

Site HiStoryThe corner of Lancaster Avenue and Hamilton Street holds a secret. Concealed in an ornate block of apart-ments is a dilapidated theater once used for performanc-es, meetings, church services—even boxing matches. Built in 1895 on the site of a lumber yard, the three-sto-ry building is a variation on the late Queen Anne-style, with rusticated keystones, press brick arches and ter-racotta sculptures. In 1914, the Knights of Pythias Union Lodge No. 14 made the hall its headquarters. The hall later hosted the Irish National Foresters, as well as sev-eral churches. Hawthorne Hall was added to the Phila-delphia Register of Historic Places in 1984. Several parts of the building are vacant, including the hall itself. West Philadelphia-based People’s Emergency Center Commu-nity Development Corporation purchased the property recently and hopes to restore the space.

ArtiSt ProjectArtist collective rabid Hands invites visitors to join the Society of Pythagoras. Collective members Andrew Schrock, Ben Wolf, Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels and Van-essa Cronan will explore the tangled history of the social halls that once made the site their home, drawing from secret spiritual and fraternal customs. The Society will be headquartered in the ruins of an old theater that will be transformed to create a full sensory experience, includ-ing interactive sound objects, light baths and ritualistic performance. After passing through the initiation office and swearing an oath of secrecy, visitors will ascend the stairs and undergo various ordeals to rise through the levels of the society.

HaWtHorne Hall3849

Lancaster Ave.

neighborhoodPowelton Village

how to get there#10 Trolley; 40th

st. stop on Market-Frankford Line

Hidden within an ornate apartment block, this dilapidated theater once hosted shows, dances, and boxing matches, and served as headquarters for various fraternal organizations.

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Site HiStoryFounded in 1865, and operated by the same family until closing in 2005, the multi-building Globe Dye Works dyed, bleached and wove cotton yarns for local knit-ting mills. Globe was typical of the highly specialized, mid-sized, family-owned companies that made Phila-delphia’s textile industry the nation’s largest by 1900. The adjacent Little Tacony Creek supplied the factory with water used in the dyeing and bleaching process, but was also used as dumping site for waste, frequent-ly turning the creek different colors. After the factory closed, partners Charlie Abdo, Pete Kelly, and Matt and Ian Pappajohn bought the complex and are converting its 17 buildings into spaces for craft manufacturing, art production and exhibition.

ArtiSt ProjectPhiladelphia artists (and brothers) Billy and steven Dufala’s Oil & Water will “dehab” the architecture and machinery of Globe Dye Works’ boiler room by creating a “defunct infrastructure” that blurs the line between historical and contemporary technological function and outdated industrial detritus. The title “Oil & Water” is a metaphor for the immiscible (unable to be mixed to-gether to form a homogenous solution) nature of any contemporary technology to seamlessly blend with fu-ture technological needs. Using faux ductwork and other industrial components, the artists will extend the exist-ing infrastructure that once powered the dye plant, lead-ing visitors into the dark corners of this industrial relic.

Globe dye Works

4500 Worth St.

neighborhoodFrankford

how to get there#56 Bus to Torresdale

avenue & Kinsey street; #25, J Buses to Orthodox & Worth

streets; Market-Frankford Line to

Church street

A sprawling, multi-building complex that was a family-operated yarn-dyeing plant until 2005. Today, Globe Dye Works is a community of artists, artisans and fabricators.

neighborhood highlights

Leandro’s pizza » 4501 Frankford Ave., 215-533-1935 // Frankford’s best pie.

grey Lodge pub » 6235 Frankford Ave., greylodge.com, 215-856-3591 // Beer mecca, fantastic fries.

gilbert’s upholstery » 4529 Frankford Ave., gilbertsupholstery.com, 215-744-5385 // Family-owned antique shop and upholsterer.

shoecoholic (former Circle Theater) » 4656 Frankford Ave. // Look up and check out the façade!

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Site HiStoryEstablished in 1905, the Historical Society of Frankford gives visitors a peek into life in Northeast Philadelphia. The Society hosts monthly programming in its classic meeting hall, and has a basement-level museum (rarely opened to the public) filled with curiosities, including military uniforms, weapons, musical instruments, fire equipment, Native American artifacts, tools, toys, and even art made with human hair. The Society also houses a significant collection of research materials that run the gamut from the 1687 deed to the area signed by William Penn to 1920s game-day programs of the Frankford Yel-lowjackets football team, along with rare maps, news-papers, books, journals, business records and personal papers of local individuals. 

Historical society oF FrankFord

1507 Orthodox st.

neighborhoodFrankford

how to get there#75, 89, J Buses to Orthodox & Penn streets; #3, 5 Buses to Orthodox street & Frankford avenue; Market-Frankford Line to Margaret &

Orthodox

Headquartered in a 20th-century Georgian Revival building, the Historical Society of Frankford boasts a collection of rare documents and a basement-level museum full of curiosities.

st. Mark’s Church Frankford » 4442 Frankford Ave., stmarksfrankford.org, 215-535-0635 // Ironwork by samuel yellin, stained glass by nicola d’ascenzo.

ArtiSt ProjectAvant-garde record label Data garden will create AV Archaeology, a wired sound installation combining con-temporary and outdated audio technologies that allow the public to “play” and mix the sound of the historic museum and its artifacts. The group will build primi-tive electronic music players that place superannuated equipment such as 1970s-era cassette tape machines into wooden boxes similar to the archival storage boxes used by early-20th century museums. Data Garden’s artists, will broadcast compositions made from sounds sampled from inside the building—including rattles, Victrolas and fire department horns, as well as inspired by the collec-tions in the Society’s basement museum. Data Garden will also present a concert of experimental, contempo-rary electro-acoustic music featuring renowned DJ and Producer King Britt, violist Gretchen Lohse, theremin player Laura Baird and Dino Lionetti on 8-bit sound technology.

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c Animation & Visual Effects

c Architecture

c Arts Administration

c Dance

c Design & Merchandising

c Interactive Digital Media

c Entertainment & Arts Management

c Fashion Design

c Film & Video

c Game Art & Production

c Graphic Design

c Interior Design

c Interior Architecture & Design

c Museum Leadership

c Music Industry

c Photography

c Product Design

c Screenwriting & Playwriting

c TV Production & Media Management

www.drexel.edu/westphal

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neighborhood highlights

grindcore House » 1515 S. 4th St., grindcorehouse.com, 215-839-3333 // Friendly vegan coffeehouse.

Khmer Kitchen »1700 S. 6th St., 215-755-2222 // Fantastic Cambodian soups.

Mummers Museum » 1100 S. 2nd St., mummersmuseum.com, 215-336-3050 // Get up close to the spectacular costumes.

Oregon Diner » 302 W. Oregon Ave., oregondinerphilly.com, 215-462-5566 // Where they still call you “hon.”

Site HiStoryBeginning in 1882, a wave of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe arrived in South Philadelphia. By the turn of the century they had ex-panded from the original Jewish quarter near South Street, establishing more than 100 synagogues east of Broad Street. Among them were the members of Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel, who in 1909 convert-ed a storefront at Fourth and McKean Streets into a place of worship. Since then, as the Jewish population grew, shrank dramatically, and began to grow again, the synagogue persisted. The interior has remained almost unchanged, a reminder of turn of the century immigrant life. A small group continues to hold regu-lar services at the synagogue — fondly nicknamed the “Little Shul” — and hopes to recruit new members and make necessary repairs in the coming years.

ArtiSt ProjectSTextile designer Andrew Dahlgren (working as ADMK — Andrew Dahlgren Machine Knitting) will ask festival-goers to help him create an enormous knitted “sweater” that will cover the facade of the 100-year-old storefront synagogue. Many early Jewish immigrants in Shivtei Ye-shuron-Ezras Israel’s South Philadelphia neighborhood worked in small sweatshops located in the upper floors of row houses or sewed piecework in their own apartments. ADMK Knit Lab will create a contemporary textile opera-tion that recalls this historic use, while allowing visitors to try their hand at operating the knitting machinery.

In the final months of 2004, composer-performer John Zorn wrote over 300 new compositions for his popu-lar Masada project, resulting in Masada Book Two-The Book of Angels. In celebration of Zorn’s 60th birthday, Ars nova Workshop presents The Book of Angels Mini-festival, featuring the group Abraxas and solo cellist erik Friedlander.

sHivtei yesHuron-ezras israel

2015 s. 4th st.

neighborhoodsouth Philadelphia

how to get there#57 Bus to

Mayomensing avenue & McKean street; #79 Bus to snyder avenue

& 4th street

A former storefront converted into a place of worship, the “Little Shul ” was established by the Shivtei Yeshuron- Ezras Israel congregation to accommodate the growing Jewish population in the early 1900s; still active today.

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Site HiStoryToday’s Town Hall is actually the second one built on the Germantown lot. The first Town Hall, popularly called “Old Town Hall,” was designed by architect Na-polean LeBrun and built in 1854, just as Germantown was being consolidated with Philadelphia. The build-ing was used as a police station, Civil War hospital and venue for traveling shows and political meetings. In 1920, it was declared structurally unsound and de-molished. The second Town Hall was designed by John Penn Brock Sinkler and modeled on the neoclassical Merchant’s Exchange building in Old City. Sinkler’s design included a magnificent rotunda that included places for the bell and clock from the old building, and for two tablets memorializing the 123 men from Ger-mantown who died in World War I. The City used the new Town Hall for the Health and Survey offices, but only a few remained after functions were centralized in the 1980s. The building has been vacant since 1998, when the City Community Services office closed. It is currently for sale.

ArtiSt ProjectOakland-based artist Jacob Wick will turn the vacant Germantown Town Hall into the Germantown City Hall — a functioning government center for an imagined “Free Germantown,” a Utopian experiment in civic democracy and participatory art. The multi-purpose public space will offer a performance and meeting area, a reading room with a lending library, and an office/copy center. All Germantown residents will have free access to City Hall. Wick’s Information Department, in partnership with a Germantown-based The Think Tank that has yet to be named, will also set up residencies in the Town Hall. The Think Tank will open an Office of Support Structures, to focus on current and potential resources and support systems in Germantown, and host Sunday afternoon workshops. The Information Department will manage the copy center and hold open meetings on the possibility and implication of German-town seceding from Philadelphia.

GermantoWn toWn Hall5928-5930 Germantown

Ave.

neighborhoodGermantown

how to get there#23, 65 Buses to

Germantown avenue & haines street; J, h, Xh Buses to Greene

& rittenhouse streets; Chestnut hill

East and Chestnut hill West regional

rail Lines

Although never a true town hall for Germantown, the now-vacant building once housed a number of City departments.

neighborhood highlights

Wyck Historic House and Farm » 6026 Germantown Ave., wyck.org, 215-848-1690 // Beautiful gardens, some of the world’s rarest roses.

Johnson House Historic site » 6306 Germantown ave., johnsonhouse.org, 215-438-1768 // a key station on the underground railroad.

geechee girl rice Café » 6825 Germantown ave, geecheegirlricecafe.com, 215-843-8113 // Try the pulled pork.

earth Bread + Brewery » 7136 Germantown ave., earthbreadbrewery.com, 215-242-6666 // superb hand-crafted beer, homemade flatbreads.

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Site HiStoryIn the 19th century, citizens in several American cities created lending libraries and literary associations called Athenaeums, named for Athena, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom. Philadelphia’s Athenaeum was established in 1814, although the current clubhouse and library didn’t open on Washington Square until more than 30 years lat-er. The building — now a National Historic Landmark — is widely hailed as the seminal American structure in the Italianate Revival style. Severely plain on the exterior and deceptive in scale, the Athenaeum has richly embellished reading rooms with 24-foot ceilings and leaded, glass-fronted bookcases, as well as a charming chess room on the second floor. Persisting as a member-driven literary association and library (one of the remaining few), the Athenaeum also holds an internationally significant col-lection of architecture and interior design documents

ArtiSt ProjectEdgar Allan Poe wrote the vast majority of his oeuvre while living in Philadelphia, much of it at his home on Seventh and Spring Garden Streets. Literary historians have long sought to understand the influence of the house and the city on Poe. Artist ruth scott Blackson will take on this task, inspired by two discoveries at the Athenaeum: Poe’s signature in the sign-in log from 1838 and a book in the collection that analyzes the paint color of Poe’s home yet lacks illustrations. Scott Blackson’s project Through the Pale Door will create a complimentary artist book composed solely of images that will be hand printed at Philadelphia’s Second State Press. In addition, Scott Blackson will curate

a selection of books from the Athenaeum’s collec-tion that explore Poe’s life and times.

tHe atHenaeum of PhiladelPhia

216 S. 6th St.

neighborhoodWashington square

West

how to get there#9, 21, 42 Buses to

Walnut & 5th streets; #12, 47 Buses to

Washington square & Locust street; Market-Frankford Line to 5th

street

Unassuming from the outside, the Athenaeum is an historic lending library and literary association that boasts an internationally significant collection of rare books and architecture and interior design documents.

neighborhood highlights

Khyber pass pub » 56 S. 2nd St., khyberpasspub.com, 215-238-5888 // Two words: gumbo and barbeque.

philadelphia History Museum » 15 S. 7th St., philadelphiahistory.org, 215-685-4830 // Philadelphia’s stories in a recently renovated space.

ishkabibbles » 337 South St., philacheesesteak.com, 215- 923-4337 // Cheesesteaks better than Jim’s. Fries, too.

Locks gallery » 600 Washington Square South, locksgallery.com, 215-629-1000 // new york City-quality contemporary art.

M. Finkel & Daughter » 936 Pine St., samplings.com, 215-627-7797 // Early americana, fantastic selection of samplers and needlework.

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Site HiStoryWhen Bavarian immigrant John Grass opened his wood turning workshop in 1863, Old City had already been a center for light manufacturing for more than a century. Grass’s workshop specialized in tool handles, many of which were purchased by the Stortz Tool Co. located nearby on 2nd & Vine (and still in business!). Grass’s son-in-law Louis Bower and John Stortz took over John Grass in 1911 and moved to the present location — a former oyster house and tavern, liquor store, and rubber goods factory. The office and main workshop were located on the first floor. The workshop continued on the second floor where some equipment dates to as early as 1870. The business closed in 2003, but the workshop has remained intact and essentially unchanged for a century.

Wood turninG company146 N. 2nd St.

neighborhoodOld City

how to get there#5, 17, 33, 48 Buses to Market & 2nd streets;

Market-Frankford Line to 2nd street

A wood turning workshop opened in 1863 by Bavarian immigrant John Grass that closed in 2003, it has remained largely unchanged for a century.

neighborhood highlights

Old City Coffee » 221 Church st., oldcitycoffee.com, 215- 629-9292 // around since 1984 and still one of the best.

Art in the Age » 116 n. 3rd st., artintheage.com, 215-922-2600 // Exquisitely crafted everyday objects.

race street Café » 208 race st., racestreetcafe.net, 215-627-6181 // awesome tap list, tasty sandwiches.

Arch street Meeting House » 320 arch st., archstreetfriends.org, 215-627-2631 // The society of Friends in all its beautiful simplicity.

Center for Art in Wood » 141 n. 3rd st, centerforartinwood.org, 215-923-8000 // discover the beauty of wood at this captivating museum

john grass

ArtiSt ProjectVisit Wood Shop and watch a pop-up mobile lathe in action operated by expert wood turners from the nearby Center for Art in Wood. In addition, artisan Joe McTeague will create a custom viewing area for festival-goers to peek into John Grass using balusters and other surplus material found inside the shop. McTeague is part of the local “Maker community,” a movement of artists, builders and DIY tinkerers who have helped to spur renewed interest in Phila-delphia’s industrial heritage.

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Site HiStoryThe City of Philadelphia built the Fairmount Water Works, America’s first municipal water system, in re-sponse to the catastrophic yellow fever epidemic of 1793, hoping that fresh water would prevent disease. The Water Works was completed in 1815, but didn’t become Amer-ica’s second most popular tourist attraction for another 25 years, when the operation finally became profitable. Unfortunately, rising pollution levels eventually forced the Water Works to close in 1909. The building became an aquarium (the fourth largest in the world). In 1961 a section of the aquarium was converted into the Kelly Nata-torium, a swimming pool funded in part by Philadelphia’s illustrious Kelly family. The City closed the pool after Hur-ricane Agnes flooded it in 1972, and the facility remained vacant along with the rest of the Water Works for more than a decade. Following a lengthy restoration that be-gan in the 1990s, an education center and a fine dining restaurant opened, however the pool area remains closed.

kelly natatorium

640 Waterworks Dr.

neighborhoodFairmount

how to get there#32 Bus to

Pennsylvania avenue & 25th street; #38 Bus to art Museum

drive & Back Entrance 2; #43 Bus to spring Garden

street & art Museum

Today, all of the Fairmount Water Works – America’s first municipal water system – has been restored except for an area that once held an aquarium and swimming pool.

neighborhood highlights

Cosmic Cafe » 1 Boathouse Row, cosmicfoods.com, 215-978-0900 // riverfront cafe using locally made and grown products.

The Barnes Foundation » 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy., barnesfoundation.org, 215-278-7000 // The new building is stunning (and the collection, too).

eastern state penitentiary » 2027 Fairmount Ave., easternstate.org, 215-236-3300 // radical then, still awe-inspiring now.

London grill » 2301 Fairmount Ave., londongrill.com, 215-978-4545 // Classic corner tap room. Get the burger.

at the Fairmount Water Works

ArtiSt ProjectFrom its earliest days, the Fairmount Water Works combined functional engineering with social, recre-ational and educational activities. Visitors came to observe the pump house wheel, stroll the gardens, and beginning  in 1835, enjoy refreshments in the Engine House, which had been remodeled into a sa-loon. Bibotorium, created by artist collective Camp Little Hope, tests an unrealized 1920’s proposal to convert part of the Water Works into an educational saloon. The proposal envisioned a space where the public could enjoy beverages brewed by water filter-ing boats in pools of water from different endangered sources around the world. As drinks were served, the water level in the pools would drop and prices would increase accordingly, modelling the social and eco-nomic impact of human effects on the water supply. Members of the collective will build a different water-filtering boat in each of the three pools, and serve tea brewed from three water sources. Visitors are invited to explore the future of Philadelphia’s water together in the pop-up cafe.

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