Subjects Urban Development

Map Lovers’ Monday: The Ellet Map of Philadelphia County, 1843

Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia Topography

Map Lovers’ Monday: Topography of Philadelphia from 1863

Map Lover’s Monday: Fairmount Park, 1869

Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Pennypack Park Map

Plans and maps of the Pennypack Creek Watershed in Philadelphia

Map showing various routes of transportation in Philadelphia and surrounding area. Focused mainly on suburban Philadelphia areas.

Map Lovers’ Monday: 1896 Suburban Transportation Map

Models of Change

Buried Treasures No. 1: The Franklin Sugar Refinery

Sewer systems, City of Philadelphia, 1927 and 1929

Early visions of Philadelphia’s airport

Color image of a grassy field with trees and buildings surrounding it and white lines drawn on the grass mimicking the path of a creek.

Drawing Dock Creek