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REBROADCAST Episode No. 4 – The Fight for Philly’s Streetcars
We’re rebroadcasting this earlier episode about the Black community’s fight to integrate Philly’s streetcars in the years following the Civil...
Episode No. 16 – Civil War Flows through Philly Streets
Philadelphia, like the rest of the nation, was poorly prepared for war. When the Civil War broke out, the cobbled-together city became a key part of...
Episode No. 15 – Streetcars Seize the Streets
In a remarkably short period of time, the newly consolidated city of Philadelphia was covered in rails. These rails ushered in a transit revolution:...
Episode No. 14 – Violence in the Streets: The Origins of our Modern City
What kind of city did Philadelphia want to be? There were lots of different opinions in the 1840s and 1850s, but everyone agreed: it did not want to...
Episode No. 13 – Steam, Steam (kind of) Revolution: Philly Streets in the 1830s and 40s
This episode is all about change and disruption. Early factories were changing the way Philadelphia worked, and it wasn’t pretty. Dismal conditions...
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