Topics Landscape Changes

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

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.

Cobbs Creek in the Days of the Old Powder Mill

Requiem for a stream: Adams Run in Oak Lane

Requiem for a stream: Still House Run in Manayunk

Technical drawing showing streets and sewers

Leverington Avenue Stormwater Sewer

Black-and-white image shows a trolley car emerging from a building with men standing alongside

Filling Low Land: A Story of Ash-Dumping in the Wingohocking Creek Watershed

The Manayunk Expressway

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