In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.
My great uncle, my mom's uncle, had an appliance store in Philadelphia, and it was called Peter's TV. They sold stereos and televisions and washers, dryers, all kinds of stuff.
Industrial technologies that allowed for increased mechanization in 19th-century armed forces also spurred Frederick Winslow Taylor to develop his 'Scientific Management' doctrine in Philadelphia steel mills.
I'm a Buffalo wing magnet, a sandwich fanatic, a cheesesteak guy. But I'll only get a cheesesteak in Philadelphia. No one else does it right.
Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.
Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.
On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
I really disliked Philadelphia society - really, deeply disliked it. I spent a lot of my teenage years writing poetry attacking it.
Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.
Few cities have more skilled, experienced organizers and activists and grassroots organizations than St. Louis and Philadelphia.
I grew up in Mount Airy, a middle-class enclave in the Northwestern area of Philadelphia.
I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.
I was actually born in Chicago, and then when I was a toddler, my parents moved to Philadelphia.
I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.
Three quarters of the East Coast's refinery capability is located in the Philadelphia region.
