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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in Philadelphia in the 80s and 90s. By first grade I could have confidently told you that Pennsylvania means penns woods, named after William Penn who founded the state to ensure religious Liberty. I also could have told you exactly where to find the statue of William Penn - on top of city hall as the highest point in the city so William could forever look over his state.
If you want to feel bad for Penn or work up some outrage, it should have been in 1987 when the stupid sky scrapers were built that were taller than city hall.  THAT was an outrage.
This is just redoing a small park that most people don’t pay any attention to anyway.[/quote]

Exactly -- it still makes me do a doubletake when I go to Philly and see those stupid skyscrapers. Talk about being disrespectful to William Penn. Will any of the outraged folks on this thread will chime in about that disgrace? For more than 100 years no building was taller than the statue. Those skyscrapers erased that history.

No one cares about this dumpy park.[/quote]

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