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Closed and dismantled after huge 2019-06 explosion^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc8qXTh6tTY

The shipyard is, as of 2023, constructing new training ships for the various US maritime academies.

Dave "El Pres" Portnoy gave the pizza a 6.3

wonder what this used to be?

RIP

Wonder what this used to be?

Dave "El Pres" Portnoy gave the pizza a 7.1, little doughy and greasy but great for slamming a beer or 2 watching the game

Dave "El Pres" Portnoy gave the "squares" a 7.8 and the "circles" an 8.2......great scores!

Dave "El Pres" Portnoy gives the pizza 8.1

Perhaps the empty lot could be developed as new permanent anchorage for the great SSUS. It could be moved from its current pier 82 location to newly constructed site with surrounding public spaces while rehabilitation takes place and finally a permanent park and museum including historical designation. ThankU

I think I stumbled upon the remnant of the 160 year old Belmont Plane recently. If you park at the top of Belmont Plateau, where you see the iconic city view, walk down the left side treeline. This will be part of the cross-country course. If you look into that tree line, an abandoned a sunken track bed is clearly visible through the trees. I'd love to get confirmation on this from fellow history fans! -Bob (2019)

I used to live in the Sedgwick train station house until 1964.

went to camp in the 50s remember all the buildings. where was the exact location? wasnt it for underpriviledge kids? John Lombardo

I would recommend everyone here that is searching relatives to take a blood test through ancestry, it gives you names of people who also have done a DNA. It finally led my mother to find her birth mother , my mom, Pauline Cooney was born Joan Farley on January 25,1946 at St. Vincent's hospital on Woodland ave.in Philadelphia. Her mothers name was Mary Virginia Ellis, and she was not married when she gave birth to my mother who we now have learned she has a sister born in 1939. My mother was adopted into a wonderful loving family of the Meyers from Mahoney City,PA. There seemed to be a very possible relationship between John Meyer and my mother's real mom so John's sister Elise Cooney Meyer and her husband Frank Cooney adopted my mother. Now through the DNA testing we find that John Meyer was not the father but a man named Lawrence Kinney. I wish I were a fly in that courtroom in 1950 , one of our answered questions is why did it take 4 years for my mom to be adopted? She was never living in an orphanage...will we ever know?

It had nothing to do with union labor. It had everything to do with the financial collapse of 2008 and occupancy projections that were far too optimistic. Years after the three towers were complete occupancy had barely reached fifty percent.

I used to live on Dauphin street and attended Summerfield United Methodist Church, right across from the park. Yes, there was a factory there. As one of our church community projects, I remember cleaning up that block because it was a mess. I believe the factory was closed at that time which was 1974-1979.

did you ever find your sister? I am looking for mine as well, just wanted to know if you had any luck

Feels AWESOME to say this....Home of the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles FLY EAGLES FLY!!!!!!

Thankfully, this place is being renovated now