It was very sad to see the kickback trestle collapse into the river. I remember when the Reading railroad unloaded coal cars coming from anthracite regions. I remember watching the tiple coal unloader work as late 74, 1975 give or take a little. I remember the grain elevator, which is further up river worked as late as 72.
Been there many times and I always had a different experience. Suprisingly, never a bad one. I always met interesting people and enjoyed the overall vibe of feeling like I wasn't supposed to be there. ...lol...as always, great job passing along some interesting Pennsylvania history!
@@jennsylvania1633 i never had a bad experience there, personally. But I wanted non explorers to know you don't just waltz into locations and think you have some kinda right to be there. It'll get you hurt or unalived.
As one who spent alot of my time there as a youth. I feel so sad to see Philadelphia’s waterfront being Disneyfied. I don’t see how people will buy overpriced condos with a view of Camden,lousy schools,terrible drinking water? I saw a mural advertisement that pissed the locals big time! The mural ad called Philadelphia as the new Brooklyn!! I wonder who’s benefiting from all the redevelopment?
At least the graffiti is very artistic...I wish some of the people that did some of the things moved on and were paid good money and are doing things like the huge murals with meaning you see on buildings..
Always find it interesting that cities buy property from private companies or individuals, and then ban it's residents from the property. The residents fund the city to make the property purchases.
The Port Richmond or is it Fishtown debate is as old as me (76) but my buddys who lived on Palmer St. Said that pier was in Fishtown. I was a Swampoodle kid, so not my turf.
I think I’ve seen old footage of coal cars on this Reading pier. My son has old VHS tapes. Very sad. Was just mentioning the closing of the Turn Hole tunnel. Sad. Like when they closed the trail up to Glen Onoko Falls. 😢
@samanthab1923 that's a shame. Whenever I used to visit a friend in Jim Thorpe, we would always go there. The spot where you could get behind the waterfall and chill, always loved it
Churches. Every ethnicity had their own church or parish. Ethnic Irish, Italian, Polish, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Swedish, etc immigrants all had their own neighborhoods, built their own churches, and their own bars!
No drug dealers hung out there. Users yeah. Dealers no. I found my way there on mountain bike, searching for serenity, healing and fishing spots, several times. There was a cool fire pit at the tip that enticed thoughts of night fishing.
Greed and neglect from the city. Doesn’t take much to strengthen the foundation. The venetians have held up their city for thousands of years with the same design which is not that expensive. Add large rocks to support the surrounding sediment and then insert new pylons to solidify the remaining sediment closest to the concrete.
Well then. Somebody is very lucky as to have not been on the end of the pier when it collapsed…. Or…. Perhaps somebody WAS on the end, and now they have met THEIR end. The world may never know… just as the question: how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?!? Mr. Owl says it’s 3 licks.
U didn’t loose nothing only a small portion of it fell into the water there’s Still a whole bunch left u guys are making it seem like the entire thing is under water
That is a nice video....really enjoyed the video..personally, I dont like graffiti painted on personal property, then its explained away as , "Artists"..Cant drive down the road by a railroad track and not see, graffiti on a railroad car..its destruction on personal property..JMO
I am not bent. Good video
@@ThePhillyCaptain thanks PhillyCaptain. Love your channel.
This may be as sad as when they covered the graffiti highway in Centralia with tons of dirt.
This was thoughtful, informative and enjoyable…thanks brother
As always, I look forward to what you have to share with us ❤
Appreciate you wrapping it up❤
It was very sad to see the kickback trestle collapse into the river. I remember when the Reading railroad unloaded coal cars coming from anthracite regions. I remember watching the tiple coal unloader work as late 74, 1975 give or take a little. I remember the grain elevator, which is further up river worked as late as 72.
Man, this is sad. What a wonderful work of art. So sad to see all shady stuff going on. Thanks again for all your hard work. Keep up the great work!!!
Been there many times and I always had a different experience. Suprisingly, never a bad one. I always met interesting people and enjoyed the overall vibe of feeling like I wasn't supposed to be there. ...lol...as always, great job passing along some interesting Pennsylvania history!
@@jennsylvania1633 i never had a bad experience there, personally. But I wanted non explorers to know you don't just waltz into locations and think you have some kinda right to be there. It'll get you hurt or unalived.
@@ODDySEEy ...yeah, makes sense.
As one who spent alot of my time there as a youth. I feel so sad to see Philadelphia’s waterfront being Disneyfied. I don’t see how people will buy overpriced condos with a view of Camden,lousy schools,terrible drinking water? I saw a mural advertisement that pissed the locals big time! The mural ad called Philadelphia as the new Brooklyn!! I wonder who’s benefiting from all the redevelopment?
I grew up doing graffiti in DC all the way to NY and I have painted that pier. One of my fav spots...sad that it's been screwed
It’s a shame places like this are disappearing. In my city there’s barely anything left.
Good video if you never got a chance to trespass here you missed a good interesting place I've done many photo shoots here..👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Can’t believe people went swimming over there! I love swimming in the upper part Delaware River but would never swim in the area around Philadelphia
Used to swim in the Schuylkill River growing up.
Used to safe.
Go Philly.
I’m from West Oak Lane, St. Benedict’s parish. Thanks for sharing your stories.
I'm glad I got to see it before it collapse, I still wanna go back and see what it looks like now
Hurry up... they just officially announced a DEMO in the Philly Inquirer.
@@ODDySEEy I visited it again twice recently :D
At least the graffiti is very artistic...I wish some of the people that did some of the things moved on and were paid good money and are doing things like the huge murals with meaning you see on buildings..
Always find it interesting that cities buy property from private companies or individuals, and then ban it's residents from the property. The residents fund the city to make the property purchases.
The Port Richmond or is it Fishtown debate is as old as me (76) but my buddys who lived on Palmer St. Said that pier was in Fishtown. I was a Swampoodle kid, so not my turf.
This breaks my heart, so sad
I think I’ve seen old footage of coal cars on this Reading pier. My son has old VHS tapes. Very sad. Was just mentioning the closing of the Turn Hole tunnel. Sad. Like when they closed the trail up to Glen Onoko Falls. 😢
@samanthab1923 glen ononoko is closed? You can't hike up to the waterfall anymore??
@@billywhalen I’m sure people try and sneak up there put yes, they officially closed it in 2019. Safety concerns. Idiots were going up in sandals.
@samanthab1923 that's a shame. Whenever I used to visit a friend in Jim Thorpe, we would always go there. The spot where you could get behind the waterfall and chill, always loved it
@@billywhalen That was the spot ☀️
It looks better than some of today's art.
10:28 boy who didn't see that coming .. future redevelopment purposes ...
I didn't know we had parishes in PA. Is that like the parishes of Louisiana or is it more like the church?
Churches. Every ethnicity had their own church or parish. Ethnic Irish, Italian, Polish, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Swedish, etc immigrants all had their own neighborhoods, built their own churches, and their own bars!
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No drug dealers hung out there. Users yeah. Dealers no. I found my way there on mountain bike, searching for serenity, healing and fishing spots, several times. There was a cool fire pit at the tip that enticed thoughts of night fishing.
They are not gonna get rid of the ship
I knew they would do that. More overpriced apartment/condos
🤔I didn't get notified tonight...
Hopefully nobody was injured when the collapse happened.
I wouldn't consider Philly the mecca. I would say it was 5-points in LIC Queens NYC.
Greed and neglect from the city. Doesn’t take much to strengthen the foundation. The venetians have held up their city for thousands of years with the same design which is not that expensive. Add large rocks to support the surrounding sediment and then insert new pylons to solidify the remaining sediment closest to the concrete.
Thank you for sugar coating everything.
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Well then. Somebody is very lucky as to have not been on the end of the pier when it collapsed…. Or…. Perhaps somebody WAS on the end, and now they have met THEIR end.
The world may never know… just as the question: how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?!?
Mr. Owl says it’s 3 licks.
Just because Mr Owl says to lick it doesn't mean you have to 😅
What a dump
U didn’t loose nothing only a small portion of it fell into the water there’s Still a whole bunch left u guys are making it seem like the entire thing is under water
100% on the devs of these cookie cutter million dollar condos 😅
That is a nice video....really enjoyed the video..personally, I dont like graffiti painted on personal property, then its explained away as , "Artists"..Cant drive down the road by a railroad track and not see, graffiti on a railroad car..its destruction on personal property..JMO
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