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Old 01-13-2007, 01:50 PM
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The ol' johnson street arguement. Fellaz around in Mt.Airy more and more have defacto issued Johnson street as the dividing line. Now stenton being the border of germantown I'm not familiar with. I thought it went farther.
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Old 04-10-2007, 08:17 AM
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Unless the US Post Office changes the zip code, Johnson Street is a Border.

NOT Washington Lane, despite Mt Airy USA.
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Old 04-10-2007, 12:02 PM
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Unless the US Post Office changes the zip code, Johnson Street is a Border.

NOT Washington Lane, despite Mt Airy USA.
Zip codes are not boundaries. That being said, Johnson St will always be the border, just like Columbus Blvd will always be Delaware Ave and the river drives will be East and West.
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Old 07-04-2007, 02:32 PM
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i lived in germantown in the 50s and 60s. i would like to drop a few names of old friends to see if anyone knows there where abouts i hung out at the pidgeon hole steak house and penn and magnolia streets 63 thru 69 now the names........larry mercer ..greg reynolds,,harry travis..henny sassie..david sassie..joanne prozzillo ..diane bertin. cousins older than me 59 and up joey jackie patsy billy bobby margie [ the ambroses] who where from brickyard. anyone remember teddy globe the bum.more cousins[steve david and al didonato i use to work at viz electronics on high st they were good days mostley. i use to love to eat at littons on germantown ave remember that place i went to visit 2 years ago and was shocked .....the old home [right behind germantown hospital on clarkson ave] looked like a war zone time goes on i guess thanks

Hi Sam,
Did you happen to know any police officers from the 14th Dist. between 1964 & 1970?
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Old 07-12-2007, 03:23 PM
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From Wikipedia: "The boundaries of Germantown borough at the time it was absorbed into the city of Philadelphia were Wissahickon Avenue, Roberts Avenue, Wister Street, Stenton Avenue and Washington Lane."
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Old 07-12-2007, 10:41 PM
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From Wikipedia: "The boundaries of Germantown borough at the time it was absorbed into the city of Philadelphia were Wissahickon Avenue, Roberts Avenue, Wister Street, Stenton Avenue and Washington Lane."
Wikipedia is not the final authority on anything. Johnson St. has always been the border and always will be the border, regardless of what someone may have posted on some internet site.
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Old 07-13-2007, 03:30 PM
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Wikipedia is not the final authority on anything. Johnson St. has always been the border and always will be the border, regardless of what someone may have posted on some internet site.

My thought exactly. Wikipedia....it must be true!

And I guess the Post Office is wrong as well....LOL!
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Old 07-13-2007, 09:17 PM
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My thought exactly. Wikipedia....it must be true!

And I guess the Post Office is wrong as well....LOL!
Wikipedia may be a good site to gather a little insight, but it is not THE place to quote as the final authority. I guess anything that isn't on wikipedia proves it really doesn't exist.
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Old 07-16-2007, 10:38 PM
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Wikipedia is not the final authority on anything. Johnson St. has always been the border and always will be the border, regardless of what someone may have posted on some internet site.
I'm replying:

Certainly not the authority by any means. It is just one more piece of information.

When you said "regardless of what someone may have posted on some internet site," I am somehow missing the ring of irony.

Aren't we defensive!
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Old 07-17-2007, 01:07 AM
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I'm replying:

Certainly not the authority by any means. It is just one more piece of information.

When you said "regardless of what someone may have posted on some internet site," I am somehow missing the ring of irony.

Aren't we defensive!
As far as one more piece of information, if the piece is quoted from an unreliable reference, why even use it in the first place?

As for the ring of irony, that will only apply if someone quotes me as a source of proof, much like you did about what someone thought to be the truth and posted to a website, with no one verifying the statement.

Not defensive at all. However, wikipedia can be edited by people who have NO idea what they are talking about, so why would a site like this be used as proof about any topic?
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