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Long Before The SEPTA Key: A Penny Ride On The Omnibus
History

Long Before The SEPTA Key: A Penny Ride On The Omnibus

Harry K. gives us a ride back to 1831 on Philadelphia’s public transit predecessor

Second Ave. Subway Has Us Digging Too–Through The Photo Archive
Urbanism

Second Ave. Subway Has Us Digging Too–Through The Photo Archive

What did it look like underground when workers dug Philadelphia’s original subway lines? Meredith Broussard browses the archives to find photos of subway construction

And Then There Was One
History

And Then There Was One

The vast J.G. Brill trolley and rail car plant in Southwest Philadelphia got torn down almost 60 years ago, but a single building somehow managed to survive


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