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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania recent comments:

  • Drexel University - Hess Lab, GameOfDrones wrote 8 years ago:
    Demolished and replaced by an up-scale university residential high-rise
  • PWD Survey Unit, Theresa Heinsler (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    Airplanes reduce fuel before landing, almost always and the result is pollution by a powerful carcinogen. You do not test for this in our water supply, and you should should. The airlines should not be allowed to pollute our air and water and ground with this carcinogen at will. Why is this not publicized and something constructive done about it.
  • St. Vincent's Home, Barb Koehn wrote 9 years ago:
    Ancestry DNA It works.
  • Front Street Drag Racing Zone, Jimmym (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    1979 was the best year!
  • Playland and Boulevard Pools, Joe Gray (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    My Uncle Roy Galvin worked there in the 60ies, he drove the railway train.
  • Girard Avenue Bridge, Harry Kyriakodis (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    When completed in 1874, the old Girard Avenue Bridge across the Schuylkill River was the widest bridge in the world. The double-decked wrought iron structure was 100 feet wide, about 1000 feet in length, and cost about $1,400,000. It included some 800 bronze panels depicting birds and foliage set onto the outer balustrade. Adjoining the Zoological Gardens of Philadelphia, it was built in preparation for the U.S. Centennial Exhibition in 1876. It became a chief attraction of the fair. While Rudolph Hering of Philadelphia is credited with the design of the Girard Avenue Bridge, Adolphus Bonzano handled the details of construction. Erected by what would later be known as the Phoenixville Iron Company, this Pratt deck truss soon became the favorite connecting link between East and West Fairmount Park. Before long, it was considered the one of the finest spans in the world and was called "one of the finest examples of American city bridges" in History of Bridge Engineering (1911), by Henry G. Tyrrell. The present Girard Avenue Bridge, built in 1973, incorporates stone masonry piers and some ornamental panels from the 1873 span. Parts of the original bridge's iron railings are on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
  • Thomas Paine Plaza, Redeagle688 wrote 9 years ago:
    http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/helen_ubinas/Ubinas-trump-protest-philly-taxes-reader-feedback.html
  • USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) (former site), Jim D. (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    The only group still in the running and at the final stage of acquiring the JFK as a museum ship is the Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame. Their efforts are approaching the point in time where JFK's future is almost certainly to be at Naval Station, Newport. In a unique public/private arrangement with the Navy, she will be berthed at Pier 2.
  • Playland and Boulevard Pools, Anne fahs (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    I remember the park when you entered you went up hill and boats were to the right I believe. Boats were in a cement round wall and all boats were going round in circle. My brother and sister loved this place also. There was also a roller coaster as you entered. I remember salt and pepper shackled ride all the way in back never went on that to scary. Does anyone have any photos of park back in day. This place was a child memory for all of us. Anne
  • St. Vincent's Home, Anna (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    In the 1930's our mother adopted 3 children at different times from St Vincents The oldest girl is 90 and every day wonders where she came fro. The boys 79 &89 also would like to know where they came from .They were all adopted from St Vincents how can we find information for them we would like to give it to them as a gift.
  • Playland and Boulevard Pools, Anthony Warenyk wrote 9 years ago:
    Barry might you have a sis named and a drug store on Tyson and battersby
  • Konrad Square Park, Justin (guest) wrote 10 years ago:
    A family member of mine used to live at 2222 Tulip St (the park) back in late 1800s. So there had to be some homes there.
  • Eden Hall Chapel (former site), Joshua K Hansford wrote 10 years ago:
    There is still a part of the chapel ruins in the park. It's out of the way and overgrown, but it's there, and is used in a Geocache. I believe the remaining part is an alter, it could've been moved from the original location but it's a pretty large piece of stone work.
  • Triangle Apartments (demolished), Bobak wrote 10 years ago:
    demolished in 2015
  • Large movable tank., Andrew M. (guest) wrote 10 years ago:
    It's a Gas Holder, not many around anymore, it rises and falls with the amount of Gas inside it to keep it under pressure easier
  • Parkway 22, ggggg (guest) wrote 10 years ago:
    Can't wait
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PCmaps wrote 10 years ago:
    Apparently it's not all brotherly love . . . After traveling safely thru Canada and Europe, appears HitchBOT was 'killed' in Philadelphia http://newswire.net/newsroom/news/00089789-hitch-bot-killed-in-philadelphia.html
  • St. Vincent's Home, Shermika Ellington wrote 11 years ago:
    im looking for my sister her name is Rhonda-Jo Johnson when she was placed in your facility, she was born on feb 6 between the yrs of 1966-1968, im not sure the yr but i know its between these yrs. i have been looking for her for over 20 yrs.
  • Nabisco - Philadelphia Plant, TLU2008 wrote 11 years ago:
    Looks like it originally opened in 1955, not 1950
  • Playland and Boulevard Pools, Bob Elliott wrote 11 years ago:
    what years did you work there? i worked there from 70 till the end. i worked mostly upstairs in the charisma room, the ice rink and the bingo hall but spent a lot of time in the tunnel. we probably know each other.