JoAnn Greco

4 weeks ago | hospitalitydesign.com | JoAnn Greco

More than 300 motels once lined Route 66 in New Mexico, the heart of the legendary 2,500-mile road linking Chicago and Los Angeles. By the mid-2000s, though, less than a fifth were still operating in the Land of Enchantment. In recent years, developers have begun snapping up and renovating some of the remaining icons.

1 month ago | thepenngazette.com | JoAnn Greco |John Prendergast |Mary Meyers

Download a PDF of this issueMarch | April 2025Vol. 123, No. 4Rebuilding Together Philadelphia is repairing homes one at a time to strengthen neighborhoods and build generational wealth. Plus: An archaeological dig reveals Black Bottom history in “What Lies Beneath.”By JoAnn Greco In a varied and decades-long career as a photographer and videographer Charlie Steiner C’68 has traveled around the world. But he still keeps coming back to the 1960s on Penn’s campus, where he got his start.

1 month ago | thepenngazette.com | JoAnn Greco

Rebuilding Together Philadelphia is repairing homes one at a time to strengthen neighborhoods and build generational wealth. By JoAnn Greco | Photography by Michael BranscomSidebar | An archaeological dig reveals Black Bottom history in “What Lies Beneath.”Sitting on a sofa in her West Philadelphia living room, Carol Pettis folds her hands in her lap and smiles politely at the prospect of being interviewed. Suddenly, though, her face breaks into a broad smile.

Dec 5, 2024 | hub.jhu.edu | JoAnn Greco

When we first meet Grant, he's ventured out on a frigid Cincinnati night in 2016 for the inaugural meeting of Undivided, a new anti-racism initiative from Crossroads, which had become one of the country's fastest-growing megachurches. A 29-year-old white man, staunch Republican, and devout Christian, he introduces himself to the group by talking a bit about his relationship with his adopted baby brother, Hunt, who is Black.

Oct 24, 2024 | thepenngazette.com | JoAnn Greco

From legendary athletes to historical luminaries, sculptor Zenos Frudakis FA’82 GFA’83 has created some monumental works of art. By JoAnn Greco | Photography by Michael BranscomMuhammad Ali was always larger than life, but encountering him in the middle of a sunlit barn in the Philadelphia suburbs is especially startling. That’s partly because he’s split in half. Head slightly tilted, his gloved fists are poised to sting like a bee.