The aesthetic of regeneration is different from the picturesque. It is about the perception of a certain type of beauty found in the surprising incarnation of life as it emerges from neglect, or death. Down in the mining pit, locust trees grow up out of stinking dark water, but as I walk by, a group of colorful wood ducks fly out from their undergrowth, shouting in annoyance.
A Lower Towamensing zoning officer has initially rejected a New York’s company’s plans to build 71 campsites on roughly 190 acres near Hahns Dairy Road.
A zoning hearing board will need to review the .