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Photographer Captures Heaven on Earth at Devil’s Pool
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Photographer Captures Heaven on Earth at Devil’s Pool

In her new book, Sarah Kaufman distills an endless summer in the Wissahickon

Deep Freeze 2018
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Deep Freeze 2018

The bitter cold temps earlier this month produced Philly’s coldest two-week stretch in 38 years, freezing nearly all of the area’s waterways solid. Brad Maule donned several layers to photograph the icy scenes all over the city

The Tale Of Catfish And Waffles
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The Tale Of Catfish And Waffles

Long before chicken and waffles took hip restaurant menus by storm Philadelphia was famous for the meal’s precursor, catfish and waffles, served at inns and taverns on the banks of the Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River. Harry K. sets the table and serves us up a heaping plate of local culinary history

Stuck Inside Of Mt. Airy With The Center City Blues
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Stuck Inside Of Mt. Airy With The Center City Blues

There’s nothing quite like the silent magic of the city during a full-on blizzard, is there? Daily co-editor Brad Maule spent most of this past weekend outside—half in Mt. Airy and Germantown, half in the Wissahickon—and came away with a slight yearning for Center City. Bring your snow shoes along for this photo essay

The Devil Is The Detail
Urbanism

The Devil Is The Detail

“Notorious” Devil’s Pool? The most beloved place in the Wissahickon may suffer abuse and indignity every summer, but they are no match for its beauty and physiologic significance. Brad Maule defends the natural landmark

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Getting Wise To Watershed Waste With One Man’s Trash

Today is Earth Day and Bradley Maule has a bone to pick with Philadelphia. He just spent 52 weeks picking up our litter in the Wissahickon Valley and his collection isn’t pretty. His evocative environmental art installation, One Man’s Trash, opens today, April 22nd, at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center. HC co-editors Michael Bixler and Maule caught up to get into some trash talk.

Winter Whiteout 2015
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Winter Whiteout 2015

Though last month’s Storm of the Century resulted in little else than a dusting and forecaster embarrassment, this winter has meant serious business. Thanks to the brutal recent cold snap, Philadelphia has had its coldest February in over 30 years. Top the frozen landscape with 4-6″ of Saturday’s surprise snowfall, and the big city turns to Currier & Ives. Brad Maule tips his cap to the old romantics with this snowy walk through Fairmount Park

In Search Of The Source
Urbanism

In Search Of The Source

As gorgeous a landscape as the Wissahickon Creek carves through Philadelphia, it couldn’t possibly begin its journey to the Schuylkill as an inlet from a shopping mall parking lot. Could it? Brad Maule heads to the suburbs to find out


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