Your National Historic Preservation Month To-Do List

Attendees learned about past work and future plans for the German Society building during the Preservation Alliance Special Walking Tour at the German Society of Pennsylvania in April. Visit their website to learn more about what they do.

Your May

Preservation To-Do List

Monday, May 2

12:00 pm

John Fryer National 50th Anniversary Celebration

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Wednesday, May 4

6:00 pm

How America's Best Idea- National Parks -Came to Fruition with Dennis Drabelle and Shaun Eyring

Presented by Athenaeum of Philadelphia

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Wednesday, May 4

6:00 pm

Special Tour: Dina Wind Art Foundation

Presented by Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

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Friday, May 6

6:00 pm

Open Studios

Presented by Building BOK

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Friday, May 6

6:00 pm

Art Joining History at Elfreth's Alley

Presented by Elfreth's Alley Museum

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Saturday, May 7

10:30 am

Love Your Park: Rail Park Clean-Up

Presented by Friends of the Rail Park

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Saturday, May 7

4:30 pm

Kentucky Derby Party

Presented by Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

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Sunday, May 8

2:00 pm

East Fairmount Park Bike Tour

Presented by Fairmount Park Conservancy

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May 10 and May 14

10:00 am

Stories and Landscapes: The History of Cliveden

Presented by Cliveden of the National Trust & Mt. Airy Learning Tree

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Tuesday, May 10

12:00 pm

Lombard Street's Black Activists with Michael Clemmons and Donna Rilling

Presented by Athenaeum of Philadelphia

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Wednesday, May 11

11:30 am

SAVE THE DATE: Fund PHL Arts Rally

Presented by Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

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Wednesday, May 11

6:00 pm

Special Tour: Wayne Junction featuring newly restored Autograph Apartments

Presented by Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

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Thursday, May 12

12:00 pm

Behind the Scenes Tour of Fairmount Water Works

Presented by Fairmount Park Conservancy

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Thursday, May 12

7:30 pm

Hitherto Invincible: How Three Generations of Barkers Helped Build America

Presented by Cheltenham Township

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Philadelphia Historical Commission May Meetings

Monthly Meeting

Friday, May 13 at 9:00 am

Architectural Committee Meeting

Tuesday, May 24 at 9:00 am

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Saturday, May 14

11:00 am

Walking Tour of Tourison

Presented by Mt. Airy Learning Tree

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Sunday, May 15

1:00 pm and 2:00 pm

Deep Rivers Tour

Presented by Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

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Sunday, May 15

1:00 pm

History Book Festival

Presented by HGDPC

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Sunday, May 15

3:30 pm

Fireside Chat: An Afternoon with David Brownlee

Presented by Beth Sholom Preservation

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Wednesday, May 18

6:00 pm

Special Tour: Kreate Hub

Presented by Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

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Thursday, May 19

6:00 pm

Elizabeth Willing Powel: Philadelphia's First Political Influencer

Presented by Christ Church Preservation Trust

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Saturday, May 21

10:00 am

Livingston Way Dedication

The family of the late architect Walter Livingston and the City of Philadelphia will hold a ceremony on Saturday, May 21st at 10 AM renaming the 4600 block of Locust Street “Livingston Way.” The Livingston family made the block their home for many years.