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A Monument To Ignorance
History

A Monument To Ignorance

What’s that Plains Indian doing in our woods? Ethan Wallace reveals the wrong identity of the statue of the Lenape chief Tedyuscung on the Wissahickon’s “Council Rock”

City Life

My Favorite Place: The Walnut Lane Bridge

Take a look at this graceful span built over Wissahickon Creek in 1908 through the eyes of Germantown resident (and Clivedon Executive Director) David Young

City Life

My Favorite Place: Wissahickon’s Toleration Statue

Here’s the second installment of our new video feature by filmmaker Meredith Nutting. Today’s Place: Wissahickon’s Toleration Statue

The Architecture of Wissahickon: Urban, Suburban, Mid-Century, Victorian
Architecture

The Architecture of Wissahickon: Urban, Suburban, Mid-Century, Victorian

Wissahickon–the extreme lowest part of Lower Roxborough–moves from city to suburb and back again, in both Victorian and mid-century variations, in little more than a short trek up or down the hill. Join Steve Stofka as he probes this area with his ever-inquisitive eye


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