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Making Connections In New Jersey With The Delair Bridge
History

Making Connections In New Jersey With The Delair Bridge

Now that the election is over, it appears we’d better start building bridges. So we thought we’d present this history of the Delair Bridge, erected by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1895. Strangely obscured next to the Betsy Ross, it was the first bridge to cross the Delaware River south of Trenton. Contributor Mick Ricereto has the story

First Run: Camden’s Claim As Birthplace Of The Drive-in Theater
History

First Run: Camden’s Claim As Birthplace Of The Drive-in Theater

Drive-in theaters were once synonymous with American automobile culture, summertime, and Saturday night. Now, only approximately 338 are still in operation today. Contributor Bart Everts takes us across the river to Camden where the world’s first drive-in was designed and patented

Near Whitman House, A Queen Anne Revival For Writers
Architecture

Near Whitman House, A Queen Anne Revival For Writers

Rutgers Writer’s House is penning a new chapter for a late 19th century Queen Anne revival home on Cooper Street in Camden. SJ Punderson has the story on the Good Gray Poet’s former neighbor

The Floating Church And Its Successors Along The Delaware
History

The Floating Church And Its Successors Along The Delaware

Harry K’s beloved riverfront has two sides, don’t ya know. And once upon a time, in the mid-19th Century, a church boat—an actual church, built on a seafaring vessel—trawled both sides of it, before being moved to firm ground in Camden. This Harry K Encyclopedia entry examines the legendary Floating Church of the Redeemer

Camden To Finally Get Its Gondola
Development

Camden To Finally Get Its Gondola

When it opens in 2015, Skyview Tower will provide visitors to the Camden Riverfront views of the Philly Skyline, Camden, and Delaware River from 300′ in the air

Pearls Of The Delaware
Development

Pearls Of The Delaware

Is there a future for the small cities strung along the Delaware?

Join Us Next Saturday For An Enlightening Inside-Out Tour Of Camden
Urbanism

Join Us Next Saturday For An Enlightening Inside-Out Tour Of Camden

Curious about that city across the river? We have the tour for you–Saturday, November 10–we go “beyond the rhetoric”

“Ruin Porn” Leaves Us Forlorn
Photography

“Ruin Porn” Leaves Us Forlorn

The “ruin porn” tag was put on our tours and events schedule; we think we’re offering something that’s quite a bit more–we want to make people alive to the city’s possibilities


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