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Category: City Guides

2020, City Guides, Community, Travel

What’s In A Name? Who was M. Harvey Taylor?

Posted onMarch 6, 2020February 28, 2020

By Jacqueline G. Goodwin, Ed.D. • Photo By Andy Gaskin It’s been said that naming things after people put them at the deserved risk of …

2019, City Guides, Holiday

Perfect Romantic Weekend Getaways

Posted onFebruary 8, 2019February 8, 2019

By Jacqueline G. Goodwin, Ed.D. Flowers are good, but romantic getaways are better. Even though Valentine’s Day falls on a Thursday this year, you can …

2018, City Guides

Ghost Stories

Posted onOctober 4, 2018December 13, 2018

Harrisburg State Hospital On the surface, Harrisburg State Hospital appears to be a perfect ghost repository. It was built in 1851 and was known as …

2018, City Guides, Community

A Listener’s Guide to Lemoyne

Posted onJune 5, 2018October 11, 2018

by Alison Gregory “I didn’t really think Lemoyne had a scene,” says Shayne Reed, vocalist/guitarist of Almost Honest, a metal band from New Cumberland. “We’ve …

2018, City Beat, City Guides, Community

Hot Air Balloons Take Flight at AACA Museum

Posted onMay 11, 2018May 11, 2018

  It’s a bird, it’s a plane, nope, it’s a hot air balloon! The AACA Museum in Hershey has partnered with United States Hot Air …

2017, City Guides, Home & Garden

Urban Living, Part 1

Posted onMarch 14, 2017October 11, 2018

Architectural Pop WORDS BY M. DIANE MCCORMICK, PHOTOGRAPHY BY HALEY HARNED The Property: 1500 Condominium, at 1500 N. 6th Street. Built new by The Vartan …

2017, City Guides, Home & Garden

Urban Living, Part 2

Posted onMarch 14, 2017October 11, 2018

Lofty Intentions WORDS BY M. DIANE MCCORMICK, PHOTOGRAPHY BY HALEY HARNED The Property: Throughout Harrisburg are former storefronts, their glass-fronted facades recalling the heyday of …

2013, City Guides, History

What Lies Beneath Market Square?

Posted onOctober 2, 2013October 11, 2018

By Rick Dapp Architecture and development have coexisted uneasily throughout the history of Harrisburg. The city seems to be in a constant state of oscillation …

2013, City Guides

Everlasting Legacy:

Posted onAugust 15, 2013October 11, 2018

By Rick Dapp; Photography by Jadrian Klinger Shoemaker Architecture in Harrisburg The Payne-Shoemaker Building stands as a testament to an end of an era, both …

2013, City Guides

Beautiful Ruins

Posted onAugust 15, 2013October 11, 2018

By Harvey Freedenberg by Jess Walter (Harper Perennial, $15.99, 337 pages, Paperback) If you’re reading this review when it’s published, at the height of the …

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