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Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia in 1957, according to the Pennsy

Map Lovers’ Monday: Water for City Hall

Old News: Two unusual underground rescues

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Sometimes the backside is the best side

The ecology of Center City, Philadelphia (in case you didn’t know there was any)

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

The Manayunk Expressway

Indoor plumbing in mid-19th century Philadelphia

Schuylkill River Harbor Police Report, 1884

Black-and-white image of a creek with people around it and a large building behind it

Dock Creek Sewer in 1849: A report on its condition made to City Councils

The Worry of the Wires