After over 60 years on Harvey Street, our long-time neighbor Bob Seeley died on October 4 after a short illness. He was a passionate advocate for peace, Germantown, green spaces, public transit and affordable housing. A Quaker memorial service is scheduled for Saturday November 16 at 2 PM at Germantown Monthly Meeting, 47 W. Coulter […]

On Sunday, April 7, 2024 Mark Lloyd – architectural historian who grew up in our neighborhood – gave an eye-opening lecture of the events leading up to the rescue of Maxwell Mansion from the wrecking ball and eventually leading to the formation of WCGN. Sponsored by the Mansion, this excellent lecture was recorded, and can […]

An open meeting was held on Thursday, April 11, 2024, in order to call for a vote on whether or not the association should become a corporation, and to summarize key elements that would be changed in the newly revised Bylaws. The vote in favor of incorporating was unanimous. Mike Ramos reported on the changes […]

Long-time Walnut Lane resident Bob Finch has died at the age of 92 at his home in Upper Black Eddy, where he and his wife Sue moved in 2020 to be with their son Richard and his family. He is predeceased by his wife Sue, and survived by Richard, his daughters Susan and Amy, and […]

Thanks to Andrew Kirkpatrick, Mary South, Karyn Oliver, Johan DeJong, Suzanne Ponsen, and our brand-new neighbors on McCallum Street, Fairleigh Barnes & Zack Feinberg, we covered W Washington Lane, Germantown Avenue, the unit blocks of W Tulpehocken and W. Walnut Lane, as well as Wayne Avenue. With our bright smiles, under sunny skies, we picked […]

In March of 2014, the historian Mark Frazier Lloyd delivered a fascinating and information-packed lecture and slide show called “Enterprise Unleashed: Tulpehocken Street 1808-1852,” and it happens that the lecture was recorded by Jeff Smith. The original file is not to be found, but the video may be viewed on YouTube, and it is definitely […]

Joanna Vaughan, daughter of Deborah Vaughan, recently wrote to the Board informing us of the death of her mother, a long-time neighbor. Joanna writes: …Deborah Vaughan passed away at dawn on Labor Day. My sister and I were with her as she went peacefully at the age of 103 years and 7 months. She loved […]

You did it! Thank you many times over to the many generous donors who have helped WCGN raise the funds required to get Germantown Avenue (from Chelten Avenue to Washington Lane) nominated as a Historic District on the Philadelphia Register.

75% of Goal Reached! Thanks to the generosity of so many of you, we are getting closer to meeting the $5,000 contractual obligation that we have made with Oscar Beisert and The Keeping Society for researching and writing the nomination of our stretch of Germantown Avenue to be on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. […]