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Queen Village makes room for memorial to a historic African American burial ground, by Inga Saffron, June 7, 2018, Philly.com.
Re: 4125 Chestnut Street/Ludlow Street/New Harmony
U. will enlist expert to investigate African American burial ground found under Penn property
Beneath Penn property could lie the burials of West Philadelphia’s earliest black residents, Daily Pennsylvanian, March 1, 2018.
Oldest African American graveyard in West Philadelphia lies beneath proposed apartments, Philly.com, January 25, 2018
The Oldest African American Cemetery in West Philadelphia is located below the recommended apartment…, Black History YouTube Spotlight Channel, Jan. 26. (4.59min.)
Proposed West Philly apartments may sit atop an old graveyard, Philly.com, Jan. 24, 2018
Reports of Historic Black Graveyard Underneath Proposed Apartments Won’t Slow Contractor’s Plans for Development, Atlanta Black Star, Jan. 31st, 2018.
Construction continues on apartments planned atop oldest African American graveyard in West Philadelphia, PlanPhilly, Jan. 31st, 2018.
Prefab Future For Former African-American Cemetery In West Philly, Hidden City, Jan. 29, 2018
Company building apartments atop former graveyard considers hiring consultants, West Philly Local, Jan. 29, 2018.
First Baptist Church Burial Ground (218 Arch Street)
218 Arch St remains, PlanPhilly, Oct. 31, 2017
Bones from 407 human skeletons tallied in court report on Arch Street building site, Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 30, 2017
Archaeologist claims hundreds of 18th-century Philly remains may have been dumped in landfill, WHYY, Oct. 30, 2017.
Philadelphia Plans for Future Density Require Dealing With Historic Sites, NextCity, by Karen Chernick, October 25, 2017
Old City Remains Discovery Prompts Protocol Change, CBS Philly, June 1, 2017.
‘How do we fix this mess?’ Philly archaeologists lay out plan to preserve lost burial grounds, NewsWorks, June 4, 2017.
How Philly could fix its construction-crews-disturbing-dead-bodies problem, Archeologists say Pennsylvania needs to reform “terrible” — or write new — laws., BillPenn, June 2nd, 2017
Proposal made to solve a Philly riddle: What to do when you dig up old bones, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2nd, 2017. *Archived Philadelphia Inquirer articles are behind a paywall.
Read WHY dead bodies with be found again at BillyPenn…, in the article Race to dig at historic cemetery a mere hint of what ails Philadelphia’s oversight of buried treasures by Stephan Salisbury in the Philadelphia Inquirer, in the Hidden City article Emergency Excavation In Old City Reveals Lack Of Oversight, and in this Philadelphia Inquirer commentary, Historic grave removal should not be hurried, by Ronnie Polaneczky.
Philadelphia: City of forgotten burial grounds, Philly.com, December 15, 2009
Find ALL Philadelphia Burial Ground News Coverage here… (scroll to topics: PAF Burial Places Map & Database, 4125 Chestnut Street/Ludlow Street/Harmony Society, AME Burial Ground/Weccacoe Park, Burial Grounds & Cemeteries, Potter’s Fields, Forensic Anthropology, Kensington Burial Ground, Stephen Gloucester Reburial, Mutual Burial Ground of Kensington, Queen Lane Germantown, Washington Avenue Project, Washington Square, and 218 Arch Street/First Baptist Church Burial Ground)
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