Promise for a Better City (1944-1964) - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
116K views · Feb 5, 2013 · Entertainment
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@JaneReRe · 5 years ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRarFD4S6So&t=1115">18:35</a> My family owned an entire block of homes behind Dock Street. Most moved out during this push to rebuild a society Hill. Most moved to the newly built neighborhoods furthur north like Olney & Feltonville.
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@joesielskisr4911 · 3 years ago
My dad was not drafted because he welded ships😊
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@brandadavis2958 · 9 years ago
They mention the beginnings of the new music scene and early Rock & Roll - in South Philly and North Philly - even noting Dick Clark and American Bandstand - without mentioning West Philly and the fact that American Bandstand was broadcast within a stone's throw of West Philly High ... arguably the hippest music and dance scene in the country!
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@drakkar91 · 11 years ago
What tremendous history is contained within this episode (along with the others I have watched). While the primary focus is Philadelphia, many of the challengers of the times applied across our nation. Well done. Very journalistic in quality.
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@bmp456 · 8 years ago
It’s a shame that they had to trash so many beautiful 19th century buildings around center city and old city. Doing that to places like market Street honestly makes the city less bearable with all of these dreary modern buildings.
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@briansmith9439 · 7 years ago
Great series though the name Society Hill goes back to colonial days when the Free Society of Traders made the area south of Dock Creek their headquarters; it was called Society Hill as far back as 1690.
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@BrianJasonTurner · 12 years ago
Very Good Documentary, you create history everyday, the choices you make today shape the future. Hopefully people learn from the good and the bad of the past.
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@futuregenerationz · 6 years ago
I love this!
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@MrsCraigJrPhiladelphia · 2 years ago (edited)
My father and his brothers were raised on 5th and<br>G. avenue❤
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@jagspinuzza2137 · 1 year ago
I grew up in Philadelphia and never thought I was a part of some social experiment. Who were these people making these restrictions! How condescending!
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@poppopwes7144 · 10 months ago
I was born in 1945 and I can remember everything that was portrayed in this video
@gortbot7748 · 3 years ago
My Mom was a secretary at the Navy Yard, she took the subway, then the bus to work. She talks about the day Roosevelt died, everybody on the subway was crying openly.
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