Neighborhood around Schmidt’s Brewery, 1963. Courtesy Temple University Urban Archives
Whether you consider it a renaissance or rank gentrification, something to celebrate or to lament, or an uneasy, ambivalent mix of both, everyone in Philadelphia seems to have an opinion about the radical changes Northern Liberties has undergone in the last twenty years. PhilaPlace offers some personal perspectives on Northern Liberties, then and now.
Ryerrs Museum