Subjects Urban Development

Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia Topography

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Down Under III: A walk in the Dobson’s Run Storm Relief Sewer, June 15, 2010

From Creek To Sewer

Black-and-white aerial photo of a creek bend with industrial buildings surrounding it

The Sad History of Frankford Creek

Birkinbine Schuylkill Hydrographical Survey 1861-66

Two reports on the state of the Schuylkill River, 1867

Black-and-white image of workers in a pit with a sewer opening behind them and text

Frankford Creek: Sad History of an Urban Stream title page