Topics Landscape Changes

Dobson FLP

Requiem for a stream: A brief history of Dobson’s Run

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

Down Under, Part 2: Beaver Creek as it appears today

Overbrook, as it was. A brief history of the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, focusing on changes in the natural landscape.

Requiem for a stream: Adams Run in Oak Lane

Requiem for a stream: Still House Run in Manayunk

The Manayunk Expressway

Sewers, Pollution, and Public Health in 19th Century Philadelphia

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

Cobbs Creek: A Brief Historical Overview by Adam Levine

High Water: Flooding in Philadelphia

The Worry of the Wires