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Originally Posted by bgandersen
Most of what makes Philly great is because of the visonaries who lived here in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
It would be great if today's leaders had the same vision.
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Well, it wasn't necessarily the visionaries of the 19th century-
it was their money.
Philadelphia in the 1800s controlled the supply of anthracite coal.
Anthracite coal was the irreplacable fuel for industry.
Philadelphia's control of the hard coal supply made it the OPEC of the 1850s.
Hal