https://youtu.be/8WH2L0oTxng On April 30, 1996, The Inquirer reported that on the previous day, "In front of dozens of television cameras and hundreds of witnesses, the 17-year-old boy wonder announced he would head straight from the hallways of Lower Merion High School to the NBA." … [Read more...] about 25 Years Ago, Kobe: I’ve Decided To Skip College And Take My Talents To The NBA
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When 6,000 Gathered At Wynnewood Station To See Obama – April, 2008
On the morning of April 19, 2008, 6,000 Main Liners gathered in the parking lot on the "outbound" side of Wynnewood Station. They were assembled there because they had a hunch that they might be able to see and hear a man who might soon become the President of the United States. Their hunch turned out to be correct. Yup. It's been 13 years since then-Senator Barack Obama took a … [Read more...] about When 6,000 Gathered At Wynnewood Station To See Obama – April, 2008
30 Years Ago, A Mid-Air Collision Over Merion School Killed Sen. Heinz And Six Others
30 Years Ago, A Mid-Air Collision Over Merion School Killed Sen. Heinz And Six Others Sunday, April 4, will mark the 30th anniversary of the mid-air collision over Merion School that killed Senator John Heinz and six others. On the day after the crash, according to the New York Times, "The collision came after the Senator's plane reported a problem … [Read more...] about 30 Years Ago, A Mid-Air Collision Over Merion School Killed Sen. Heinz And Six Others
In the 1920s, Main Line Society Gathered In Wynnewood At The Elegant, But Scandal-ridden Green Hill Farms Hotel
In the 1920s, Main Line Society Gathered In Wynnewood At The Elegant, But Scandal-ridden Green Hill Farms HotelThe Same Building Is Now The Palmer Apartments"RE-CREATING HISTORY." That's the headline on the homepage of the Palmer Apartments, located near the intersection of Lancaster and City Avenues. According to the property's website, before its current incarnation as a … [Read more...] about In the 1920s, Main Line Society Gathered In Wynnewood At The Elegant, But Scandal-ridden Green Hill Farms Hotel
1931 Society Honor Slaying In Wynnewood Was A Huge National Story
1931 Society Honor Slaying In Wynnewood Was A Huge National Story By Bob McNulty, originally published in Philadelphia Stories.On November 9, 1931, Edward H. B. Allen, 23, mortally wounded Francis Adams Donaldson III, 24, with a shotgun in Apartment 2-C at the Green Hill Farms Hotel in Wynnewood (just outside the city limit, near the north-west corner … [Read more...] about 1931 Society Honor Slaying In Wynnewood Was A Huge National Story