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 Founder's Hall, Girard College Last Comment: July 2, 2009, 8:12 pm
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Giant Hidden Treasure Dave K 2 Comments 06/01/2009 9:52 PM
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Thanks Hidden City people! I used to live across the street from G***rd Collge and never set foot inside. Founders Hall is absolutley magnificent! Vistors should be sure to take one of the "100 Facts about Founder's Hall and its Relics" from the table on the second floor, and stroll all around the building. Not only was Founder's Hall the second most expensive building in the country in 1848 (topped only by the US Capital building), but it hosts a family of Peregine Falcons on the top of one of the colums in the northeast corner. The art is subtle and a grand excuse to make a fine visit. I am going back again soon. Great idea!!! Dave and Sara Kalkstein
vashti d 06/09/2009 2:42 PM
founders hall was incrediable...i hope that there is inspiration to clean the space up and put it into use..it is such a treasure...the school could raise scholarship money renting it out...in thoughtful ways if such a thing wouldn't interfere with the trust....its stunning and should be shared
kelly f 06/20/2009 4:56 PM
Kudos on providing a wonderful tour! It's difficult to choose a favorite site because they were all fascinating for different reasons, but seeing 19th century graffiti in a Founder's Hall closet takes first prize! Also, it's amazing that many of us live right near these landmarks and have never taken a peek inside.
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Hidden City Staff Pic Jay W 06/07/2009 11:15 AM
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great experience Jeff A 06/08/2009 4:58 PM
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We took the bus tour this past weekend and were thoroughly impressed. |
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See my Bus Tour Slide Show posting under Mother Bethel Steve R 06/08/2009 6:26 PM
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There wasn['t a bus tour su***ect
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sketches of Founder's Hall aaron k 06/12/2009 10:22 AM
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sketches of Founder's Hall 2 aaron k 06/12/2009 10:23 AM
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See the rest at.....www.interview-press.com
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Denise B 06/13/2009 6:35 PM
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| Just want to mention Stephen Girard was an American hero back in the 1790s Yellow Fever epidemics. |
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Girard College rich m 06/15/2009 11:16 AM
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Amazing! |
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my visit Richard B. N 06/22/2009 11:38 AM
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THe building was facinating, but those stairs! If I didn't
know that thousands of people had already used them,
I'd be skeptical with no visual means of support.
The archive room was very cool.
Good Work!
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Founder's Hall bruce w 06/29/2009 9:34 AM
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Thank you for opening this space to the public. The art was overwhelmed by the architecture. The archive room with its crumbling material raised ideas about how we value the record of the past. It was worth the climb.
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THANK YOU!!!!! Stephanie W 06/29/2009 9:51 AM
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A BIG thank you to everyone who worked to organize such a wonderful adventure into Philly's treasures! |
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Pictures from Founder's Hall, third floor Linda Dubin G 1 Comments 07/02/2009 8:09 PM
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Here are photos from the file room at Girard College Founders Hall, June 2009.
Linda Dubin G 07/02/2009 8:12 PM
all the time to upload the photos and it did not work. bummer!! i have no patience now. maybe later,
linda
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| Mother Bethel AME Church Last Comment: June 16, 2009, 5:05 pm
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| Shiloh Baptist Church Last Comment: June 16, 2009, 5:03 pm
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Take the bus tour! Catherine R 06/06/2009 6:25 PM
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| We took the bus tour and saw the most wonderful spaces: The Metropolitan Opera House, Founder's Hall... But my favorite was this amazing place. Made me want to go to services again, just so I could be in the building and that is saying alot! |
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See my Bus Tour Slide Show posting under Mother Bethel Steve R 06/08/2009 6:28 PM
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There wasn't a bus tour su***ect heading.
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vashti d 06/09/2009 2:44 PM
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| Wonderful installations both of them but the soundscape was haunting and powerful my husband and i stayed listening for a while...something more should be done with this for sure.... the church is stunning a treasure loved it |
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furness and a happy congregation Allitia D 06/12/2009 4:12 PM
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One of the sweetest experiences I have ever had: discovering a Frank Furness building smack dab in South Philly and meeting members of the congregation who |
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furness part two Allitia D 06/12/2009 4:14 PM
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members of the congregation who greeted us with snacks and seemed thrilled to let us admire their beautiful sanctuary. |
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Shiloh: rich m 06/15/2009 11:18 AM
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| Could NOT find parking anywhere near there on Saturday afternoon... |
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community Colette C 06/16/2009 5:03 PM
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| I was there to experience the art, but what struck me was the community. Having members of the congregation welcome me and engage me in conversation about their church and the art was unexpected and really added another dimension to the entire project. Isn't a dialogue what we all hope for? |
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| Disston Saw Works Last Comment: July 2, 2009, 11:14 pm
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Don't miss it! janice t 1 Comments 06/02/2009 12:29 PM
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Not sure which was cooler...the space or the exhibit!!!Henry D 06/05/2009 10:48 AM
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definite must see Allitia D 06/12/2009 4:04 PM
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The installation was perfect--creative, beautiful with more than a nod to the history of the place.
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A glimpse of community NANCY C 06/14/2009 8:40 PM
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| I fell in love with Northeast Philadelphia during my first year of graduate school when I would drive to an internship at the women's jail. NE is the product of generations of creative hard working families and the Disston Saw Works, the buildings and on-going work, is a testament to their investment in making community, home and economic products. With care we can renew our collective creative energies, as the artists have shown, to rebuild a sustainable economic foundation where we can all live with dignity. Cheers to Disston and the art it inspired! |
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rich m 06/15/2009 11:13 AM
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Exceptional! |
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sketches of Disston 1 aaron k 06/16/2009 10:15 AM
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see the rest at www.interview-press.com
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Disston bruce w 06/29/2009 9:28 AM
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| This was extraordinary. The installation was beautiful in its many parts. Having the artists present was a great gift. They made deep connections between their work and the site which were invaluable. The tour was most interesting. The infirmary looked like an installation in itself. The contrast between Philadelphia's industrial past and its paper shufffling crumbling |
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Another NE suggestion for next time Jen K 06/29/2009 10:28 PM
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Hello,
We really loved the Disston site...the installation was terrific and we enjoyed talking to the artists. |
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Disston Precision Julie B 07/02/2009 11:14 PM
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| We really enjoyed the Disston site . |
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| Philadelphia Inquirer Building Last Comment: June 29, 2009, 9:38 am
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Inquirer Building M B 1 Comments 06/07/2009 12:07 PM
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The area vashti d 06/09/2009 2:38 PM
i really love what the artist did with the work. i wish that work had been presented on a larger scale i think that what have dramatized the stories the work told. i also wish the run had been an installation itself ..perhaps moniters running news stories related to womyn and girls..w/clinton/sontaymer (sp) palin/on a loop/ or venus and serena on a loop but other things which compliment the artist work and subject and also give life to it in a different way..the room was drab with no intentionality as though the work were just thrown there...even an installation of stacks of newspapers with coffee cups with lipstick stains laying around ..or corsets made of headlines about girls and womyn ... i think more can be done even now to support this installation |
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bruce w 06/29/2009 9:38 AM
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| Anything in the room would have been overwhelmed by the |
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| Royal Theater Last Comment: June 25, 2009, 9:19 am
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Photos from Re-Sounding at the Royal Steve R 1 Comments 06/10/2009 10:19 PM
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The RE-sounding program was a rare chance to see inside the historic Royal theatre. Both the video and music were creative and thought provoking. I would, however, have wished that more of a tribute had given to the performers who appeared in the heyday of the theater. (These African American artists are pictured outside the theater but the film used for “Sounds of the New Royality” were from a 1927 silent film with all Caucasian actors and the tenor sax performance by Jemeel Moondoc was later free-form jazz played to a film of a housing project in Germany. The only nod to the RSteve R 06/10/2009 10:20 PM
Steve R 06/12/2009 9:08 AM
I erred above in comment about the film Scar of Shame. It WAS about light skinned African Americans. The print was not sharp enough to see it clearly. My apologies.
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Here is slide show Steve R 06/10/2009 10:31 PM
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I’ve posted a slide show of the evening at the following URL: http://tinyurl.com/m2nddp Give it a minute to load. The audience was requested not to take photos during the performance so you will not see anyone playing
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6/11 Royal Theater Christine C 06/12/2009 8:43 AM
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What an amazing evening;part of me was sad to see the building in such a state of decay;part of me was thrilled to have the opportunity to see the inside and enjoy live music in it. Todd Reynold's piece was incredible, and his explanation of the genesis, incl. interviews of local residents, was very cool. |
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wonderful evening Nury R 06/12/2009 2:06 PM
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It was wonderful to see that the Royal, albeit in disrepair, is still here. My husband I lived on 20th and Lombard and used to come to see movies at the theater often when we first moved to Philadelphia in the late 1950s. I think Hidden Philadelphia is a terrific idea and I hope it continues for many years (or until all the sites are saved!)
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bomdiggitty! Allitia D 06/12/2009 3:59 PM
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| This was an amazing event! |
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anri sala Colette C 06/16/2009 5:00 PM
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| I felt very special as one of the select people to experience a performance in the Royal Theater for the first time in 40 years. I thought that the performance was more video-based, so was surprised that the video was background. However the musical performance was so dynamic that it was an amazing evening. Very inspirational. |
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the royal vashti d 06/25/2009 9:19 AM
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| the event at the royal was so special. the performance set against the backdrop of the history of the royal laid the groundwork for a musical and video landscape that represented an interpetation of the history of that grand structure.
i wanted to hear music which showcased the african american sound of that time and the vibrant musical legacey which continues in this musical community.
hidden cities presents a powerful opportunity for philadelphia ...as art always does it also presents a powerful opportunity for cross cultural dialougue and learning |
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| Metropolitan Opera House Last Comment: July 2, 2009, 7:44 pm
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| The Armory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry Last Comment: June 21, 2009, 6:57 am
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Thoughtful performance in unusual space NANCY C 06/14/2009 8:44 PM
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| For a couple of years I have driven by the Armory on a weekly basis. This performance of choral and movement work was a marvelous representation of a spirit that might have seeped into the woodwork and walls over the century. |
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Very powerful and moving performance Allitia D 06/21/2009 6:57 AM
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| German Society of Pennsylvania Last Comment: June 16, 2009, 4:43 pm
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Not enough time on Tour Steve R 1 Comments 06/06/2009 4:15 PM
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We were on tour on 6/6. The German Society building was interesting. But the installation (film) on 2nd floor had no introduction and - though it is 11 minutes long - only 5 minutes was alloted on 2nd floor. Most folks enjoyed seeing the building but the art work was pretty much overlooked.
Colette C 06/16/2009 4:43 PM
you missed a gem. the film was exquisite and the architectural surroundings added to the richness of the experience. however you are right-- i had to watch the film three times without interruption before I could fully appreciate the entire experience.
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