PHILADELPHIA REFLECTIONS
The musings of a Philadelphia Physician who has served the community for nearly six decades

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Philadelphia: A 1925 Viewpoint

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In 1925, George Barton published a charming series of reflections about his own wanderings around downtown Philadelphia, entitled "Little Journeys Around Old Philadelphia". The opening paragraph of that book was a trumpet flourish about the kind of city this was, in 1925:

"Wonderful changes have taken place in the physical appearance of Philadelphia in the last generation, but in spite of the widened streets, the great boulevards and the constant growth of the population, wealth and importance, the true lover of the old town can still discover traces of that elusive charm which gave the place distinction in the days of our fathers."

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