PHILADELPHIA IN COLOR Launch Party!
Friday, October 16, 2026 at Philadelphia Ethical Society
To celebrate the publication and say thanks, please join us for an epic launch party at the Ethical Society.
We'll have books available for sale, and Kickstarter 2025 Fund Drive donors who pre-paid for a copy with their donation can pick up their copy at the event if they wish. If you are owed a book and you do not pick up your copy at the event, we can still mail it to you.
PLEASE NOTE: Prepaid pick-up at the event applies only to Spring 2025 Kickstarter and December 2025 Fund Drive donors, not to any regular preorders purchased since September 1, 2026 on phillyincolor.org or Hidden City Mercantile. Books will ship starting Monday, October 19, 2026.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 6PM at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Hear from editors Nathaniel Popkin, Alyssa Shea, Peter Woodall, and Alison Zeidman in an engaging talk, slideshow, and moderated conversation by Melissa Minds VandeBurgt about the making of this remarkable visual history. The photographs, drawn from the collections of celebrated photographers and architects including Stephen Shore, Denise Scott Brown, Laurie Olin, and Harvey Finkle, alongside dozens of amateur photographers and family archives, reveal a city that is passionate, proud, resilient, enduring, and unapologetically Philly.
Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1-2PM at The Barnes Foundation
Join us for a moderated conversation and slideshow with editors Nathaniel Popkin, Alyssa Shea, Peter Woodall, and Alison Zeidman.
Books will be available for purchase.