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
Neglecting the Central Delaware Master Plan
CDAG wonders why the planning commission gave the OK to ignore the Central Delaware Master Plan, transient public art displays coming to Grays Ferry and Point Breeze, lighting the way to the Delaware and the Schuylkill > more
Hawthorne’s Forthcoming Lawn
Previewing Hawthorne Park, the Historical Commission discusses demolitions, Granary mixed-use project gets its construction funding, US House approves Delaware dredging, and Philly's air quality slipping > more
Louis, We Hardly Knew Ye
Ben Leech traces the undeveloped connection between Philadelphia and the great architect Louis Sullivan to forgotten plans for Island City, an amusement park that was to be built on Petty's Island > more
The Street Under The Bank
Harry K dips into the record--and the waterfront--to find the last remains of storied Water Street, road of firsts, including what might have been the first dispute over building height restrictions in the Americas > more
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