Few parcels of American terrain possess a richer palimpsest of enterprise, memory and desire than does a stretch of the Schuylkill River between East Falls and Fairmount Dam. Its waterworks provided the city with a safer source of drinking water, and a Neoclassical bucket-list destination for tourists. Malarial swamps were buried under broad esplanades. Parklands … Continue reading SKETCHBOOK TRAVELER; Dispatch #118. O.T.W. On the Water: The Schuylkill River from Fairmount to the Falls. New Iterations →