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Historical Society of Frankford Program for September

Preserving and Promoting the History of Northeast Philadelphia since 1905
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FRANKFORD
The Center for Northeast Philadelphia History
 
Tuesday, 10 September 2013 7:30pm
NORTHERN LIBERTIES:
The Story of a Philadelphia Riverward
Harry Kyriakodis, Author/Historian
 
Local historian Harry Kyriakodis traces 300 years of this premier manufacturing district, whose mills were powered by immigrants from across Europe and the city’s largest community of free African Americans. He follows its rise, 1960’s abandonment, and its subsequent rebirth as an eclectic urban riverward neighborhood.
 
Author/historian Harry Kyriakodis has written several books about Philadelphia, including “Philadelphia’s Lost Waterfront.,” Through Hidden City Philadelphia, he regularly offers tours and presentations on unique yet unappreciated parts of the city. A founding/certified member of the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides, he is a graduate of LaSalle University and Temple University School of Law, and was once an officer in the US Army Field Artillery. He has collected what is likely the largest private collection of books about the City of Brotherly Love – over 2,000 titles, new and old.
 
Refreshments served. Members free; Others $5.00
 
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FRANKFORD
1507 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124
www.frankfordhistoricalsociety.org
215-743-6030