A community archaeology project is making sure the Black Bottom neighborhood is never forgotten inquirer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inquirer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
There is a perfect hole, exactly one square meter, dug on the edge of a gravel parking lot behind the Community Education Center building on Lancaster Avenue in Powelton Village.
For more than 200 years, the 3500 block of Lancaster Avenue has been home to community centers, art spaces, theaters, and residences. The area includes evidence of some of the earliest houses built in West Philadelphia during the 1850s, and a new community archeology project aims to recover forgotte