Pondering Utopia at Pepper Middle School

Sunday, May 5, 2019 - 11am WALK LEADERS: Michael & Kate BixlerMEETING PLACE: 2901 South 84th Street (84th and Lyons streets) Look for group on the right. mapFree. Rain or Shine. All are welcome. Brooding. Battered. Abandoned. Brutalism. George W. Pepper Middle School in Eastwick is one of Philadelphia’s finest examples of Brutalist architecture. This … Continue reading Pondering Utopia at Pepper Middle School

The Bypass that Wasn’t: How Germantowners defeated an expressway

Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 10am Walk Leader: Bob Seeley of Walk Germantown and Friends of Vernon ParkMeet at: Battle of Germantown Monument in Vernon Park (5800 Germantown Ave) mapRain or Shine. Free. All are welcome. This walk follows part of the route for the proposed Belfield-Rittenhouse Bypass, a 1960s project which would have destroyed … Continue reading The Bypass that Wasn’t: How Germantowners defeated an expressway