Diggin’ the West Shipyard
Harry K looks into the archaeological digs planned for the West Shipyard site, one of four local shipyards fabricating fishing craft, riverboats and oceangoing vessels on the Delaware Riverfront--and the only known original American slipway from the 17th and 18th centuries > more
Who Has Seen The Indian Pole?
Harry K needs help solving the mystery of the Indian Pole, an 85 foot tall post with a 9 1/2 foot tall Native American at the top last heard from in 1920. After scouring the likely sources, Harry has been led to believe not a single image exists--or does it? > more
Origins Of The City Branch? Canal, Natural & Man-Made
How did the City Branch subway rail line come to be located where along this corridor anyway? The answer, according to Harry K's Philadelphia Encyclopedia, lies in natural history: it connects the narrowest points between the rivers > more
The Transit Of Venus Starts Here
In honor of next Tuesday's transit of Venus across the sun, we turn to Harry K's Philadelphia Encyclopedia for some insight on David Rittenhouse, astronomer and polymath inventor and first American scientist to observe the transit, which he did on June 3, 1769 > more
Fever 1793: With Capital In Crisis, Stephen Girard Rises To The Occasion
In honor of "Fever: 1793" airing tonight on 6ABC, Harry Kyriakodis gives us some insight into the epidemic that brought Philadelphia to its knees--and led to the first public health laws in the nation. Twenty thousand citizens fled to the countryside, including members of the federal government, but merchant-shipper Stephen Girard chose to stay > more
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