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adamv2 t1_ja471bg wrote

Plumbing aside, you just know kids had to have been jumping from one pool pit to another. City doesn’t seem to mind kids playing in the regular fountains, but this would be such a liability today. Wouldn’t surprise me if a kid or 2 already have drowned in them from when they were running. They would basically need a pay a cop/security to just be standing around during the summer months to prevent anyone going in it.

It’s a shame though. Someone once posted a album from the 70s that was full of shots of the steps with the fountains on, and they add so much value to the beauty of those steps.

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irishgambin0 t1_ja46oef wrote

i grew up in Blackwood, my cousins grew up in Upper Darby. my family rented a house down in Sea Isle some years back and one night my cousins and i went hopping between La Costa and the OD.

we ran into group after group of people they knew from Delco. introduced me to probably 50 different people.

i ran into no one.

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