Dateline: 7/02/08 - The Philadelphia Neighborhood Alliance (PNA) announced today that it "fully" supports the 10 Action Steps recommended in the PennPraxis-led Vision Plan for the Central Delaware waterfront [more...]
Woman’s Kimono, 1912–26 (Taishō period). Machine-spun silk plain weave with stencil-printed warp threads (meisen). 58.5 x 46.5 inches (148.5 x 118 cm). The Montgomery Collection, Lugano, Switzerland [Cat. no. 80]
By Dea Adria Mallin | 02.JUL.08
Has there ever been such a versatile article of clothing as the Japanese kimono? Born in the 8th century, it became the standard attire for men, women, and children of all classes by the 16th century. Worn as casual for every day, in summer or winter weight, lined or unlined, the kimono also served, with golden threads and elaborate design, for ceremonial occasions. The word "kimono" means simply a "thing to wear," and its plural is the same as its singular, so one kimono, two kimono.
To wear a kimono in Japan is to echo an elegant form and movement repeated for centuries – that is, until the modern age, and now the post-modern era when the kimono is reserved for ceremonial occasions. But the close of the 19th century until the 1940’s represents one of the most dynamic periods in the history of the kimono, when the influences of Western art brought bright color, bold patterns, and a reinterpretation of traditional motifs to Japan. [more...]
Mayor Nutter speaking last week at Independence Seaport Museum.
Weekly Press | 02.JUL.08
Text of address by Mayor Nutter - June 26th, 2008
Last January, when I was sworn in as mayor, I set out an ambitious agenda for our city. But it wasn’t a work list for me or even for City Council and me.
When I said it was time for change, a time to make reform real and the beginning of a great American city’s renaissance, I used that tiny but powerful pronoun, "WE."
In the almost six months since then, my vocabulary has not changed.
City government faces enormous challenges and the only way to surmount them is if WE work together every step of the way.
In the policy world, we like to call that "CIVIC ENGAGEMENT." [more...]
The Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia, 1805 Pine Street, will close to the public on Saturday, August 2, 2008 to begin packing in preparation for the move to a new location on Independence National Historical Park, in the First Bank of the United States building. The collection will be stored until renovations are completed and new exhibits designed for the museum which will open in 2010 in the heart of the Historic District in Philadelphia.
The interesting and complicated task of packing a museum collection, which includes the head of Gen. Meade’s horse and artifacts of all sorts and sizes begins on Monday, August 4. The collection will be stored until mid-2010 when the new museum is scheduled to open, some artifacts will be sent to experts for restoration and conservation work, as well as the design of the new exhibits. [more...]
![Woman’s Kimono, 1912–26 (Taishō period). Machine-spun silk plain weave with stencil-printed warp threads (meisen). 58.5 x 46.5 inches (148.5 x 118 cm). The Montgomery Collection, Lugano, Switzerland [Cat. no. 80]](clients/weeklypress/7-2-2008-10-26-45-AM-2580468.jpg)
