The Tacony Archive
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The Tornado of 1911
On March 27, 1991, a great storm swept over Philadelphia, striking several neighborhoods from the Southeast to the Northwest. But it was in Tacony that most of the damage was felt. Read More
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More about: Tacony Music Hall
This is the story of a 138-year old building which has undergone several metamorphoses during its actual life -- having been the cultural and social center of a small town to becoming an abandoned storage warehouse to becoming an active mixed-use commercial building restored to its original Victorian grandeur. Read More
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The Dodge Steel Company and the Tacony Iron and Metal Works
Passing by the gleaming new MAST Charter School along the easterly side of State Road, South of Magee Avenue, a newcomer to Tacony may wonder what once stood on this large waterfront parcel of land. Anyone who has lived in Tacony for 20 years or less would likely tell the newcomer that an old, abandoned factory named "Dodge or something" once stood there and that it continuously deteriorated until its demolition in October, 1994. Read More
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