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The historic waterfront development that helped transform Pittsburgh: Point State Park
On a recent weekend stroll at Point State Park, in Pittsburgh, visitors sunned themselves in the grass and along the low walls of the par ...
10 years ago
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Germantown Avenue then and now
Germantown Avenue, stretching from North Philadelphia through Chestnut Hill, is one of the oldest streets in the country. Often referred ...
10 years ago
Romans, booty and sailors: all part of the history of pensions
Unfunded pensions have been around for thousands of years—even as far back as the Roman Republic. As we were reporting on the pr ...
11 years ago
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Sigma Sound building should have been a music history museum
Once again, Philadelphia fails to recognize its own history. When I saw the obituary in a ...
11 years ago
New Jersey’s Matchbox car museum is bigger than you might think
The Matchbox Road Museum showcases 50,000 pieces of Matchbox memorabilia, including the well-known miniature models, concept cars, one-of ...
11 years ago
Rivers, industry and cars: a historian looks at river towns along lower Schuylkill
Historian and blogger Michael Tolle recently moved away from his home of 36 years near the Schuylkill River valley, but that doesn’t me ...
11 years ago