Old World Philadelphia, Fairmount Mounds, 1864/1876 Expo, Lenape / Susquehannock, Buried Streets

[@ericaswensonelliott]

Thank you so much for this hard work! I grew up 3 blocks N of the Phila Art Museum in Fairmlibt at 25th & Brown- long ago in the 1970s- I’m working on a video of my local knowledge on these topis-I’ve always been suspicious about the huge ancient buildings-been inside. A lot of these buildings -great ancient footage sharing is caring as it is harder to suppress I think a bunch of screenshots and saved across platforms -

[@Ev3ccman]

I was born in Philadelphia and reside here currently, but have lived in 8 other states from North Carolina-Connecticut-California. I mention that because I can say from experience the elegance, craftsmanship, art, creativity, and even materials used and put into the structures in Philly a few other cities is absolutely mind blowing if you understand anything about working with your hands or even drawing. You did a fantastic job with this video and sort of answered a question I had in my own personal deep dive into some parts of penny pack park! Thanks buddy great work!

[@Restorationdreams]

Amen. Everyone dogs on Philadelphia but it’s the best designed city. Blows NYC out of the water.

[@leroybrown505]

Thank you for gathering all these photos from the museums you went to. I love them and it really shows how it used to look back in the day. Thats what you call real journalism.

[@user-uo9br9fe2s]

Thank you for gathering the photos.

[@andeeanko7079]

My hometown, born and raised! There is SO MUCH Tartaria and Old World architecture here! Thanks for the video, love your stuff, Jarid! 💜 and it's clear how much you love Philadelphia! 💚

[@robinzaczek9603]

I was born in Chester but moved when I was a baby

[@dianecampbell184]

One thing I realize watching these videos is that anybody who studies architecture has to realize the lies we were told. Geologist and astronomist can easily glean the truth, if they chose. Thank You Jared for this awesome research. 🌈🐲💖

[@CenterMassContent]

Truth is one who studies architecture can see clear linear inspiration from ancient construction used in buildings going up during civil war & post Era. I love to fantasize that some mud flood buried advanced buildings made by a superior version of ourselves(that last part is true enough) but the rest is folly. I believe that we have the same brain power but we don't use it we abuse it & have grown greedy, jealous & lazy instead of industrious, cooperative & tuned in to 'higher intelligence ' not aliens but more like being open to Akaishick record, Sacred geometry in architecture and/or shared knowledge like divine inspiration or 'The Force'

[@kathyallman6178]

Wow! Jarod, what a lot of work you put in these videos. They are very much appreciated. The massive architectural buildings were impressive. I can’t believe they are all gone. The craftsmanship were outstanding, to believe they could build such impressive buildings in the 1800s is breathtaking. Your work is much appreciated. Thank you. I lived in New Jersey for 50 years, now reside in Hawaii for 33 years. God bless you. 🙏❤️🙏

[@leahcim38]

Best one yet man! The Old World Philadelphia pictures brought me to tears. Breathtaking, the largest masonry structure in the world. Guitars sound great too!

[@geraldboles7816]

Blessings. Thank you and now we can see better the beautiful structure and the amazing design. All I can say is SKILLS. One love Afro G64 lamiert Park Village LA Crenshaw 😇✨❤️💜🔥

[@brutusmagnus3971]

Awesome exploration of old world Philadelphia! Thank you. Certainly gives one pause as to the nature of some of these magnificent structures. Don't forget the old starfort at the runway of the airport at the river!

[@diplomatnj9733]

Great video please 🙏👍 keep up with the Brilliant work

[@WestPhillyNative215]

Jarid, outstanding video. I learned more about my beloved "City of Brotherly Love" that I did not know. Thanks for sharing.

[@Soapy__6]

I'm writing a Novella set in 1850's Philly and found this video while researching! Seeing the pictures was super helpful, thanks for making this video.

[@Mike215PA]

Did you find any research on Wyndmoor?

[@MarvelousOldWorld]

Jared, This is great stuff! Your channel has risen to the top of my list. Incidentally, I have some old world maps of NJ/Delaware/PA region that you might like to see. Also, I am from Newark NJ, & studied architecture formally at NJIT. Newark is filled with old world buildings and infrastructure, and I have a fair amount of photos and info that could make for a great video! Is there any way to contact you directly to share this information?

[@FRESHboosters]

yes, feel free to email me [e-mail] And just put a header or subject like “KZbin” or “Old World Research” or just let me know on here when you contact me, but I’m definitely interested to do more research in these surrounding areas. I’d love to see some photographs I haven’t seen 👍

[@MarvelousOldWorld]

@@FRESHboosters that’s great! I’ll put an email together with photos and info soon. If you like Philly, you’ll love Newark! ;)

[@MarvelousOldWorld]

@@FRESHboosters I just sent you an email :)

[@leroybrown505]

@@FRESHboosters Did you ever make another video?

[@leroybrown505]

@@MarvelousOldWorld Did you guys make another video

[@roxannepearls901]

I work for the National Park Service as an historian in both Philadelphia and Delaware.The Susquehannok were not involved in the settlement of New Sweden, which was founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit in what is now Wilmington DE. The native people that Minuit purchased the colonie’s land from and had a robust and amicable trading business with was the Lani Lanape. This tribe stretched from Long Island down through Maryland . The Lenape, now sometimes called the Delaware. we’re the people’s who William Penn purchased Philadelphia and established trade with. This is why there is a large statue of the Lenape chief Tamarend on Market St facing the statue of William Penn on City Hall with his hand held out to him with the treaty. The Sussquhanok and the Lenape tribes were enemies and often at war. Because of this they would not venture into Philadelphia.

[@FRESHboosters]

I’ve read in later times everyone was essentially paid to go to war with the Susquehannock. That being said, I also have articles and journals entries, take them with a grain of salt, from the 1700’s which indicate the Lenape have a story, a tradition of sorts, which claims the mysterious Susquehannock actually stem from the Lenape tribe. It’s a good piece of folklore. But there’s also indications the Lenape and Susquehannock were at times peaceful and at war with the Iroquois. Anyway, great comment and I appreciate your insight and your side of the story.

[@Slide4ArchAngelMichael]

This is a bull face lie. I literally read tge documents & diaries of these people. The Colonizers worked beside the Susquehannock aka the terrible ones

[@jeffscotcarey]

Hi Roxanne, since you are a historian would you care to comment on the sheer impossibility of the building and development of Philadelphia and other US and Canadian cities given the accepted historical timeline? We all know Peter Minuet's name as the guy who bought Manhattan "from the natives," and I used to take the Staten Island Ferry from the financial district, the plaza at the terminal named after him. Would you be obliged to question any and all of the history you've learned, given the photographic record in the 1800s? Can you really know what you claim to know? Like most, you sound very sure, but I think, it is likely just narrative.

[@BenMueller-z5s]

@@FRESHboosters you are right . they are both related. divide n conquer narratives distorted everything. all these tribes had contact & connections , aswell as major cities built & civilizations established...thousands of years prior to european settlement. I appreciate all the work you do Jarrid. Huge Salute . Also I dunno about the muur part that guy is mentioning but I do know & can say this • the 1828 definition of the word american is " copper colored aboriginal found here" merriam webster oxford • the dawes act, also known as dawes reclassification & alot ent indeed is main tactic used to steal 90 million acres • a huge part of this dawes act is what you would call "paper genocide" I don't know if you've ever heard of that term. • Paper genocide to put it simply is many " American Indians-Aboriginals-Indigenous- socalled Native whatever term you may... being reclassified to terms such as Negro, Colored, Black, Afro - African American, Mulatto or even also in many cases, White. • I just wanted to mention that in correlation. • also since you're talkin about PA, I don't know if you mention this in other vids but a few other interesting things to look at • Mckees Rocks Mound in Pittsburgh • Seneca Queen Aliquippa in the Pittsburgh Country, Chief Gayusuta & their supposed relations with George Washington • Shackamaxon - translating to the "Place where the Chiefs Meet... now being apparently the Place where many of the Chiefs & their Descendants Suffer... Camden , New Jersey. • Allegheny coming from Alligewi-Talligewi • The whole Appalachian Mountains from Canada to Alabama originally all being known as the "Talligewi" • Appalachi-an deriving from The Southern Appalachi. • German word Lehigh really coming from Lenape Lechauwekink • The Mainland Lenape PA connection to the Jersey Mainland & Coast aswell as Delaware , NY Branches & Bands etc... • All of this being Lenapehoking • All of these tribes being called "Delawares" even if not inhabiting or being on the socalled state of Delaware But yeah man thanks again, thanks for all the work you do & insights you share & provide !!!🫡

[@BenMueller-z5s]

& maam respectfully , If you're truly a authentic historian , you would know most of those treaties are-were fraudulent & lands weren't purchased, they were hijacked & stolen. Also you would know; if you know anything about "treaties" historically... • many were broken w ill intent & treachery. • & major 🔑 📚 you should know... the british( penn is a brit) were never even supposed to move west past the appalachian's ... what did they do?

[@ish786]

This was a really, really well done and impressive video. Thank you! I'm from Philly and have been looking into its old world history for a bit. One thing you absolutely must look into is the SesquiCentennial Exhibition in South Philly in 1926 that hardly anyone has heard about. Lots to look at there and there's even a small book on it. There was an absolutely massive Liberty Bell which was said to be a "replica" of the original, much smaller one. Yeah right! The City Hall building's official narrative is bogus and I proved it to myself when I found illustrations of the building from before the time it was supposed to have been built. The Water works official story puts a pumping station right where City Hall is, before they say they moved it to next to the Art Museum. I still question the Art Museum's history and have accepted it as a genuinely new building built in the old style, since the photographs are convincing, but anything's possible with fakery. I also found an old map showing a starfort on Liberty Island where the Naval yard is. There is also the starfort on Mifflin Island which is still there. Thanks again!

[@wailwoader1873]

I love going to Fort Mifflin!

[@kimkando]

Thank you for your videos. Such a calming voice. We need that on some of these days looking around wondering why so many are still asleep. I don't think everyone is going to make it..... Too many just don't see that something is not only going on now.... But something major happened in the past we need to figure out.

[@lindadiggs6420]

Another fascinating part of city hall is the brass astrological wheel embedded in the courtyard. Your research is excellent. As a native Philadelphian I am truly fascinated with your extensive research.

[@lorrainedubzak6654]

The mosaic disappeared when they did the restoration work on William Penn. I know of wha you are talking about . It was a mosaic of a Coumadin and, horoscopes in it the compass was brass. Someone stole historic art work and, nothing was done about it. Lots of parts of the old Wanamaker building went missing over the years too.

[@lindadiggs6420]

@@lorrainedubzak6654 when l went to the Henry Tanner exhibit they told us when Macy's brought Wanamakers one of Tanners masterpieces got lost or stolen. John Wanamaker sponsored Henry Tanner in Paris while he studied with Monet and others.

[@1625GEE]

Thanks for honoring my request. May your numbers continue to soar!

[@tmcdermottg]

Very well done thank you 🙏

[@beccathib3656]

At 44:06 looks like this huge theater was somehow filled from floor to ceiling with some type of dirty 'material' which they were still in process of removing so just covered what was left of 'material' with tarps...duh 🤫🤭🤤thanks for sharing jarrid💕

[@tribeoflightband8145]

Awesome research work, I got turned on to this subject a few months ago, and I have a question, did the native Americans live in these buildings as many of these areas were Indian territories originally?

[@patriciaflanaganfiedler]

Thank you for this great video. My father's family has been here since the 1740's (at least) and his father was born in 1894. I found out that The Barbary (a nightclub) was my great grandfather's house. I have toured Eastern State Penitentiary and it felt and looked ancient to me. I believe these buildings shown in the video were already present and the narrative about them is false. Sadly, the city of Philadelphia is being systematically destroyed.

[@wailwoader1873]

My parents would take us kids into Philly every weekend to do and see various things. I don't want to take my kids there now.

[@Dr.HopeOwensEl]

Destroyed on purpose

[@jerrelboyd2441]

Whoever designed these masterpiece's and similar buildings around the world, would not design windows and doors below ground level. The level of artistry, precision and quality is extraordinary in these structures. Each one is a work of art and should be protected as any other art piece, or even more so, considering the amount of time, man power, high quality materials, etc.

[@josephram1843]

If you're interested in Philadelphia check out Ras Ben's video "Ben Franklin and the Gates of Hell". He also discusses Fairmount in his video "Free Your Mound and Your Mind Will Follow"

[@lailak482]

Yesssss

[@henrydebernardo7255]

Ras Ben is a good friend of mine...the gigantic mound that was at the site of the Schuylkill River where the water works sit today that you showed was sadly leveled in the 19th century to make way for the massive columned art museum which you also showed ...it was one of the largest earthen mounds in North America...possibly as big as Cahokia mound in Illinois...there are some depictions of it that predate the museum...it and many mounds around the Americas were very ancient and built by the Moors...fathers of the Native Americans💪✊🙌🙏👀

[@americanbronze2780]

@@henrydebernardo7255 yea exactly good info Mounds/Mountains/Pyramids✅💯 do you have any info or more info Benjamin Bannaker?

[@henrydebernardo7255]

@@americanbronze2780 thanx bruh...but contact Ras Ben...good friend...he may have more access...good luck...👍👌✊💪🙌🙏👏👀

[@peeessaye-7339]

Thank you for this. I live here. I’m listening.

[@bevygaines]

I wish I had the time to explore some of the old world buildings when I lived there.

[@CobblestonestoSkylines]

This video was a great undertaking! Thanks for sharing!

[@dougchobey9335]

Fascinating. I hope you can continue to access archival photographs and documents for future projects.

[@quesera5987]

Your awesome I loved it and I subscribed

[@lauraly2712]

A big thank-you to this author for going to the trouble of getting hold of photos and drawings from the era of grand construction in Philadelphia. It makes a big difference to be able to see the grand buildings standing alone, not yet attached to a whole row of other buildings. One cannot but marvel how such tall buildings with beautiful roof coverings and shaped far beyond the plain boxes structure of modern architecture were built when hydraulic cranes, run on steam engine, were still quite clumsy. Men must have been like gods to lay bricks so neatly at such heights. It's important to point out that no one in the workforce was a slave. Even before the Civil War no slaves were brought over to the north to engage in such projects. Slave labor just can't be, excuse me for the word, entrusted to have the dedication to engage in such projects. A few years ago there was the buzz that the Capitol Buiding in D.C. was build by slaves. It turned out that they could have been engaged in digging and laying out the foundation but the sandstone, marble covered bricks were laid out by masons and experienced construction crews. Archaeologists have similarly concluded that the Egyptian pyramids were also not build for the most part by slaves. However instead of remembering and maybe honoring the men who built our cities and their requisite infrastructure, the major part of whom were Italian and Irish immigrants along with descendants of long time residents, all that our children today are told in schools is that "slaves build America." Those very words were in an exhibition at Constitution Hall in Philadelphia. No recognition of European immigrants who worked "pick and shovel" for little more than peanuts. If deliberations on reparations were to be fair and just the descendants of all those workers should also be included in the picture. For most of them it was only the 3-4th GI Joe Bill generation that were the first to be able to go to college. Most still remained in physical labor professions.

[@lauraly2712]

I forgot to add that it would be nice if the impressive buildings were identified. Are they still standing?

[@natalliask]

Lots of majestic buildings , thanks for your efforts !

[@markedwards3489]

Many thanks for bringing this to us. Simply amazing information.

[@jimidunlap8919]

Living my whole life and Working in Wilmington DE i can tell you first hand how old our builings are. Ive worked on all Du Pont sites as a maintenance worker and seen some cool stuff including walking through the huge tunnles that run under the city connecting all the skyscrappers. Can drive a bus through em.

[@EraKona]

just incredible -- tunnels that huge 😮....most of us have have no idea stuff like that exists! when were they built? what else have you seen?

[@jimidunlap8919]

@@EraKona it's all in the foundation of the city. The buildings older then 200 years have oysters in the cement cos our DE bays use to be known for them.

[@Sugarsugar-24]

Great pics!

[@mattsull1064]

Thank you Jarid, you really got me wanting to visit Philadelphia someday, great work keep it up brother

[@allenbeers2837]

Such an awesome video. I remember first time going to city hall to skateboard back in like 2000 and just thinking wow this building is insane. Then it went underground where the subway is but now they redid it and the subway entrances are gone. Love park is also gone now. Place used to be magical

[@ensabahnurbey7323]

There’s a lot of depictions on Renape Moors in the sculptors and statues. Especially on flags and outside & inside buildings. That’s the missing link.

[@zareththealchemist8982]

I was born in Philly and I used to live in "Moor'estown." Yeah, history as far as whats on the books is a bald faced lie.

[@nunyabinnus]

Thank you for the clear questions about the evidence and the narratives - also the tremendous amount of research and compilation of the photos and images you have obtained - Thank you so much for this tremendous work. Cheers

[@geoffreybuck8521]

I love your videos. When Washington crossed the Delaware were these unusual buildings already there?

[@catholiccrusader5328]

Philadelphia is a city that has interested me for some time. I live in Chicago where like your city we have a lot of world-class designers, city planners, and architects but the overall design and architecture of your city are so unique. Perhaps I'll visit your city someday soon I hope. GOD bless, stay safe, and thank you.

[@johnkeeley5619]

Excellent job,thank you for your hard work .

[@calvinlokinferhobbs2249]

Excellent presentation myFriend!! So appreciate ur dedication to gaining access to these amazing and incredibly important photos of our hidden history..also, chek out downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee..very similar buildings, on a smaller scale

[@PeterCollins60]

Very enjoyable. thanks.

[@annamoss7385]

Good job!! Very good research, photos and very well put together!! Thank you for this research!!

[@NUMENOREAN91]

Windows into the ground provide basement lighting. Windows panes were once called lights. Houses and buildings were built with many more windows then we put in a house today for natural lighting. Before electric lighting this was common. I work in construction. Today we build basements lower and with no Windows. Many old houses have the basement foundation built 4 ft or so above ground to accommodate windows. Today we end the basement slightly above ground 2ft or less.

[@matty7771]

Jarid, I grew up in Overbrook, west Philadelphia & Fairmount park was the playground for me and my friends. Great video bro ✌🏽

[@ish786]

hey i'm from Overbrook too! Went to OEC from grade 1-4 !

[@matty7771]

@@ish786 hey bro, what’s OEC ? It doesn’t sound like something I’ve heard of…

[@ish786]

@@matty7771 Overbrook Educational Center / School for the Blind on Malvern Ave. near 63rd st. The blind school shared with the elementary school for a while.

[@matty7771]

@@ish786 we call that “the blind school “ which is still a the top of my old street (Morris park Rd.) and used to use the swings and the second field across the street where the race track is/was? ✌🏽

[@Rob774]

Went to Overbrook Elem/Hannah (Bluford)/BWAP/Overbrook High.

[@matthewhawk1038]

I love all your videos and the photos are amazing thank you for all your hard work.. and God bless you

[@paulcallahan1510]

Grew up in Ridley Park,Feild trips every year.Great job! Let me buy you a soft pretzle and a hogie.

[@PRH123]

Entrances were raised due to humidity and heating, being on ground level gives more exposure to humidity- rain -dew etc, which aside from the obvious makes it feel colder inside, being just a couple meters above ground level makes a big difference as far as warmth. The basement that is half out of the ground wasn’t intended for human occupation as they may be now, it would have been used for coal storage, storage of food items that should stay cool, as well as boilers and whatnot when they started to be installed. Not all basements had finished floors, often a dirt floor or covered with gravel.

[@henrydebernardo7255]

Thanx for the great historic observation...my little 1885 house just off Broad St used to be heated by a giant steel coal furnace that fed a forced hot air system and later (1940s) by ugly cast iron radiators in each room...the old dirty lumbering coal trucks would come a certain day in the month (1950s) and unload tons of coal directly into the basement via a steel shoot from the truck...once the coal ash piled up we had to shovel the mess into very heavy wicker baskets...the coal truck would take this ash/cinder and dump it into giant pits around the city...this is for instance why the infamous Logan Houses (8 square blocks) had to be demolished 30 yrs ago...they sank into the giant ash piles...a good friend of mine and his family were given a new house by the City because of this mess...I believe about 450 families received new houses from the City from Logan before all the houses were demolished...the area is now parkland...just off Roosevelt Blvd...my father cemented the basement dirt floor but kept a portion of the dirt floor as a coal ash dump...to help keep the dust down...many 19th Century houses around town still have wooden basement joists thickly blackened forever by the coal dust ...I left it alone and have never attempted to paint over it...remarkably I still have a few big lumps of that coal as a reminder of those ancient times...🙏👀

[@mikehunt8375]

Supposedly in the town I live, Ironville NY, was the "Birthplace of the Electrical Industrial Age". At least that's what the plaque says. It used to be huge iron mining industry here in the Adirondacks now it has 12 buildings TOTAL. Really cool HIS story here though. I've metal detected a lot of the old foundations and home sites here. It's crazy that literraly all of it is gone! Just huge stone foundations and stone rubble everywhere through the woods!

[@katharinamilinskiwillmann2408]

Many thanks from Germany 😊

[@raajeweler6569]

Grand Rising Jarid...... You are on TOP of your game, much appreciation 4 the diligent effort. BALANCE WHOLENESS 4SERENITY PEACE PEACE POWER'S

[@leschwartz]

Jarid, thanks for this video it was really interesting for me to see it and it motivated me to take some time to research the history of Philadelphia. I am from Pittsburgh originally and comparing these two cities historically, Philadelphia has its origins in the early 1600, Pittsburgh, really much later around 1750. Philadelphia was once the largest city in the colonies, overtaken by New York in 1790, but Philadelphia was a great magnet to European settlers for centuries. It was a commercial powerhouse, also for agriculture, shipping, and it once held the moniker of "workshop to the world' so the early development of substantial buildings is extremely impressive, but perhaps not a deep mystery. Also, the practice of buildings with windows around the ground floor for structures with basement levels is or was a pretty standard practice, as was the practice of elevating the building entrance with a staircase from the street level. I have not encountered so far much discussion of flooding over the streets in early Philadelphia but ordinary rainfall as well as high urban density would be a motivation for a large scale system of sewage and drainage. But if anyone finds an account of something more substantial, underground streets or buried streets in Philadelphia from its earliest days that would be very interesting to learn more about. Overall at 400 years old, the first street level for Philadelphia would not be 20 feet below present ground level as is seen in Rome's oldest urban center, and there is no information I have encountered so far for an underground older urban center as is seen in Seattle's underground, but perhaps there is some such history for Philadelphia and we have lost that information over time.

[@henrydebernardo7255]

One thing Wm Penn missed when he set up shop in Philly was the massive swamps in many parts of the city...the city sits at the confluence of two big rivers...this is why the feds built a big navy base here...many sections that were overbuilt (Eastwick/Swampoodle etc) still flood extensively in heavy storms...even right onto South Broad St... a major artery...these swamps were fed by lots of creeks (Tacony Pennypack Wissahickon etc) ...these in turn fed many streams throughout the city...Dauphin St is nothing more than a lid over the Cohocksink Creek and a stream still runs under my street ...15th St...lots of muddy streets in colonial days (before Belgian blocks/cobblestones) partly explain the high stone steps in many parts of the city...including my house...1885...and other eastern cities like NYC...right up until the 1980s it was very common to see strange little ornate cast iron 'boot wipes' stationed next to these steps...people would come off horses and out of carriages and wipe mud off their shoes onto these boot wipes before climbing the tall steps and entering houses...they became very valuable over time and subject to a lot of theft...💪😎👀

[@stephentruthershields3615]

Absolutely fascinating

[@timothydillow3160]

Mind boggler ! 23 ft thick Masonry at the base of the city hall ...with 700 rooms. That would be Overkill even for today for a city hall? We didn't build that. They were going to demolish it but they said it would be too much would bankrupt the City. I guess in 1829 those Amish were just going crazy in Pennsylvania they sure needed that penitentiary, the building looks like it's 800 years old LOL

[@michaelmace924]

Took forever to finish. You see construction stopping all over during the civil war & can see the evidence. The Washington monument is at least 2 different colors from changing quarries & spending less time finishing the stones.

[@henrydebernardo7255]

I have been in most parts of city hall over many years...looks like it could have been built over the course of hundreds of years...very thick ponderous and heavy layers of everything...much overkill...built to withstand strong earthquakes...like the old Fairmount Prison and many other monuments around the city...the 450' tower is another story...took real skill to put that thing up...💪✊🙌👀

[@TwanHill05]

@Voids Op your right about one thing they were already there and have been for centuries, hell thousands of years build by the original natives of this land “Tartarian Moors/Mu’urs” or your so called “Black People”

[@Kat.Evangeline14]

I know & I cannot convince anyone as they believe the written his story and refuse to watch my forwarded videos like this. 😮

[@spacey118]

City hall was a gift from France. Another interesting aspect is that the key to the Bastille was left to a women’s group by George Augustus Washington III. Since Statue of Liberty was also a a gift and upstate was called New France… I believe this country was ruled by France until about 1440. I believe when The Brit’s beat Napoleon at Waterloo in Belgium… that it affected this land mass and ownership as well. Something happened at Waterloo… Which then matches up to the French and Indian wars

[@micheleperronphd7159]

Wow! Outstanding!

[@Nate_tureboy]

The murals were cool, we have at least a hundred here in Richmond va. Always cool when a wall catches your eye in a place you've never been or looked before

[@henrydebernardo7255]

Like one commentator accurately said 'Philly is being destroyed'...so much new construction ...tens of thousands of the old brick/stone houses have been bulldozed to make way for two by four sheetrock 'gingerbread houses' as I call them...along with this massive destruction has come the very unfortunate destruction of dozens if not hundreds of beautiful wall murals...the anti graffiti network spent a lot of time and money putting up a lot of them and is at a loss as to how to deal with it...sad...😱👀

[@MrVoiceFactor]

VERY GOOD!

[@GeeMak999]

thank you

[@shizok8064]

you did philly. so awesome

[@peachesandplums]

love these videos. just wanted to let you know that instead of eastern state penitentiary you used a couple of pics for the holmesburg prison (also in the "philadelphia" style) which is equally horrifying but gets much less attention!

[@gypsyninjette4734]

Amazing research. Wow. Love this channel.

[@gerardojimenez232]

This was cool!

[@michaelengler2444]

Great stuff

[@timjones4564]

As an earth mover I would like to see how they excavated the basements of these buildings and how they then graded the roads

[@Nate_tureboy]

Exactly

[@Test7017]

Very expensively

[@timjones4564]

Ok that's fair expensive but the question is how was it done, from my perspective as an employee of the earth moving industry using our today machinery and logistics it is still a very difficult and time consuming task, I cannot even begin to picture how horses and men with picks could excavate these huge projects and move around the clay, then bring in the material to build it's just a crazy thought

[@Nate_tureboy]

@@timjones4564 exactly

[@gottaproxy8826]

@@timjones4564 I worked in concrete professionally, on mega projects. Some large places are under construction for 20-30 years with modern machinery... they say they erected most this stuff in 2-3 YEARS sometimes 9 months OR LESS LOL

[@gaialavender3227]

Thank you! I grew up in this area, and it was amazing to see all you've found out. Your work is fantastic. The photos are compelling. Keep it up, you rock!

[@deadmetal8692]

The Susquehannok's were also in north central Pa. Along the west branch of the.. You guessed it the Susquehanna river. I grew up in Williamsport Pa. And they were integral to the land. In other words they were a very large tribe, spred out over a Very large area. Cool video. Damn auto correct!

[@henrydebernardo7255]

Susquehannock were so powerful at one point that they aligned with the Iroquois Federation/Six Nations and their influence reached as far south as North Carolina...Pa has its largest river system near the middle of the state called the Susquehanna...Philly has an avenue called Susquehanna...💪✊🙌🙏👀

[@mikehunt8375]

15:47 that building was built as a copy of the Reichstag in Germany. Crazy! The architect supposedly loved the way the Reichstag looked so much he built one in Philadelphia... gotta love HIS story.

[@michaelmace924]

Nice but you're backwards, Memorial Hall was the inspiration for the Reichstag building in Berlin.

[@henrydebernardo7255]

@@michaelmace924 correct...almost just as ugly...they turned it into a museum that almost went bankrupt at least once...🤒🤕👀

[@simonh6371]

Looks nothing like the Reichstag. Get out more. Goodbye.

[@Nightowl5379]

Even more interesting now, I'm Dutch, so I'm also gonna watch the previous one. That worked:)

[@devilsatan2973]

Those aren't swimming pools! That is where the water came in for the city water supply. There was a big steam pump there at one time to pump the water up and into the city resavar. My relative from Germany worked on that system back in the 1700s.

[@bjt81366]

Great job! It is clear you have an appreciation for the great architecture of old Philadelphia. It's unfortunate many of these amazing buildings only lasted a few decades before being demolished. It's almost criminal that the care, patients and intricate design work wasn't respected enough to preserve.

[@gmw3083]

Lots of nice old structures. How many are still standing? Probably less than 20.

[@henrydebernardo7255]

Hundreds of old 18th/19th century blds still stand...unfortunately many thousands of others were town down in the last 30 yrs...😱🙏👀

[@gmw3083]

@@henrydebernardo7255 This was a while ago. I think what I meant was the grand old buildings. Is there still hundreds of those? If so, Philadelphia did better than most places.

[@henrydebernardo7255]

@@gmw3083 there are plenty of old 19th/20th Cen blds left...even mayors Dilworth Clarke and Street (1950s-90s) took down over 90k...mostly rowhouses...took down some really grand houses...but there is a general rule here unlike NYC/DC to keep many of the old grand houses in South Philly and even some parts of Center City (eg...Elfrey's Alley) intact...many more grand houses were kept up in South Philly than almost anywhere...even now there's a big potential legal squabble brewing on South St over St Peter Claver Church/School/19th Century...old brick/stone blds...but having said all that there does seem to be a new mad rush by the zoning board to wage cultural war on many of the very blocks and blds ppl fought so hard to keep in past decades...many of the old preservationists are gone...replaced by greedy land hawks/barons who couldn't care less about the unique historical character of much of the city... would take down city hall if they had their way ...'cest le ve' as the French say...😫😨🙏👀

[@jammin5252]

real good stuff

[@Nilafila76]

That 3D image @37:34 really popped for me, best one yet~

[@user-uo9br9fe2s]

Thank you for sharing. I needed this information for research.

[@dominic9907]

great watch. i can tell you worked hard. very enjoy

[@northboy8835]

At 35:20 that is not Eastern State. That is Holmesburg prison located north of the City..

[@QuoVadistis]

Those water tunnels must have had some purpose other than sewage. I think this is also the case for the "sewer systems" in most parts of the world.

[@elrenso]

Thank you very much

[@darreldavis7332]

Seriously awesome video bro.

[@francesomeara6602]

Great work! I would like to contribute to your channel. I couldn't find any paypal link or any such.

[@Nate_tureboy]

How in the hell did they get Mr Penn up there on that tower?

[@williamkurzenberger4607]

They brought it up in sections.

[@stevenwilgus5422]

This is a wonderful work of art in it's own right. Thank you! One of the finest masonry buildings in America is the Masonic Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.

[@garyhopkins]

The big water/sewer tunnel shows the failure of the tunnel. You can see the houses that have fallen into the sinkhole on the left. This appears a lot like the Mill Creek disaster in West Philadelphia, but that wasn't in the 1800s (it was 1940s or 1950s?). The Mill Creek "sewer" (storm drain, actually) was, according to Wikipedia, possibly the largest sewer (20-foot diameter) in the world.

[@markemery6104]

Jarid , excellent work my friend thank you for digging deep and procuring these never before seen photos at least for me. Interesting the amount of detail in the so called (artist representations) imo they are actual old world photos not drawings

[@katiecoollady]

very astute analysis

[@barryfroelich3526]

1890 s where did all the construction materials come from ? Not just city hall but the rest of the city ?

[@johanvangelderen6715]

From many places. Brought there by railroad.

[@spacey118]

23:44 I believe the experiments with the key and the kite were to test the electrical load at certain elevations. I believe the unwritten rule to not build taller than the WP on the Capital had to do with line of site of energy transfer. Since it was on the 40th parallel… it would have been something of a repeater along that parallel. Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, Reno, Eureka…

[@TheJoktan]

Very AWESOME!

[@Metalsuitman]

Great video. Thanks for your hard work. I took note that you spoke of being in the Philadelphia region. I would like to offer my help to accompany you to visit whatever Old World structure or structures you would wish to visit and investigate. Have you visited the prison in Norristown, across from the courthouse? I’d love to put boots on the ground there. Wouldn’t it be great to get the real history of that as well as many other structures? Thanks again for your informative videos.

[@skullasylum33]

nice!! more mounds (:

[@DangDarryl]

Great video👌🏼‼️‼️👌🏼‼️👌🏼‼️

[@cw9281cw]

The city hall in Philly is absolutely stunning. 😊

[@mariaramosmaria2983]

thank you for your video i love philadelphia

[@marlowkaplan3584]

I live in Philly, great work. I really need to go down and investigate that please touch museum. It's a worlds fair building they rebuilt in stone supposedly

[@Dani92670]

Does anybody know what the building at 28:34 is? It's been featured before, no doubt, but the name is escaping me? I want to say Broad Street Terminal Building but don't believe I'm correct. Thank you.

[@jaykqwanlevy4746]

The videos of Philadelphia is greater breath taking as the ones across the transatlantic European capitals buildings architectures it’s amazing very classy and stylish

[@coryanderson8990]

Thank you for your work brother. God bless you.

[@michaelsephes6622]

The underground water tunnels are covered up creeks . Mill creek run underground though west Philadelphia