Join on Tuesday, September 1st at 6 pm with cartographer, writer, artist, and lawyer Jake Berman to delve into the history of SEPTA’s subway and regional rail lines. Jake Berman is the author of The Lost Subways of North America. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, Vice, Atlas Obscura, and the Guardian. He teaches urban planning at Columbia University.
Before Jake Berman’s talk about SEPTA’s subway and regional rail lines there will be a special transportation-themed open house. Visit us in the Print and Picture Collection on the second floor of Parkway Central Library to see selections from the Map Collection, Government Publications, and Print and Picture Collection – drop in anytime between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1st.
This event is part of Philadelphia: For the People, an exhibition that explores Philadelphia’s public infrastructure through the lens of the Declaration of Independence and its affirmation of government that exists to serve the people.
Location: Parkway Central Free Library, 1901 Vine Street
The talk will take place in Room 108 on the first floor of Parkway Central Library.
There is metered parking around the library building and a paid parking lot behind the library with an entrance off Callowhill Street.
The Free Library has Bicycle Racks at the main entrance on Vine Street, and is directly served by the following SEPTA routes: 32, 33 and 49 and within 2-3 blocks by SEPTA routes 7 and 48.
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