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Diffused Down Below: Philadelphia’s Lost Vault Lights
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Diffused Down Below: Philadelphia’s Lost Vault Lights

In this old city—especially in Old City—plain old stone and concrete sidewalks are occasionally dotted by iron plates with small, thick pieces of glass. Sam Robinson goes underground to see how vault lights used to provide diffused light to commercial and residential basement spaces


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