David Corby

South Philly

[Phil Thompson @wonder_city_]

Fact of the day: The idea of a street sweeping as a public service came from Ben Franklin in 1762. Philadelphia was the first city to put it into action.

Here he is talking about how he came up with the idea in his autobiography.

[Daniel Wortel-London @dlondonwortel]

That...pretty much sums it up.

From the Philadelphia Off-street Parking Plan (1949)

https://t.co/SBf7V95s1k

[Wally Nowinski @Nowooski]

Detroit used to have a municipal civics curriculum in the public schools. Here’s the 1968 textbook.