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How Philadelphia's bravest bureaucrats fought against the terrifying prospect of affordable housing

Ellsworth Toohey
May 06, 2025
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The Waterworks, Fairmount, Philadelphia, by James McClees, (1855) | Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Philadelphia's dedicated bureaucrats face a terrifying prospect — an affordable housing project might actually get approved. As The Inquirer reports, these champions of pushback have lovingly nurtured this 57-unit proposal through six beautiful …

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