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  From Weccacoe to South Philadelphia: The Changing Face of a Neighborhood

  Essay by Stephen M. Sitarski
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  The Ninth Street Market and South Philadelphia: Personal Connections, Particular Views, Past Times, and Embodied Places

  Essay by Joan Saverino of Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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  From Wetland to Urban Land: A Social and Environmental History of Philadelphia’s Tidal Islands

  Essay by Christopher R. Dougherty
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  Mapping the Ninth Street Market

  Essay by Shimrit Keddem
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  Philadelphia General Hospital (Old Blockley): Philadelphians "Ain't Goin' to no Bellevue"

  by Ian Charlton of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  The Kensington Riots of 1844

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Stetson Hat Company Site

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Schmidt's Brewery site (now the Piazza at Schmidt's)

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  North Marshall Street: North Marshall Street businesses

  by Randi Kamine of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Fabric Row

  by Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  El Centro de Oro — The "Golden Block"

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Palumbo's Restaurant Site

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Lombard Street Riots Site

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Cramp Shipyard — “A Community Organization and a Community Institution”

  by Ian Charlton of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Engine Company No. 11

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Dyottville Glass Factory

  by Ian Charlton of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Cigar Factory Lofts

  by Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  The Sugar House

  by Ian Charlton

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  9th Street Market

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Fiorella Brothers Sausage Company

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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