Dating all the way to 1676 and hidden under a parking lot just north of Vine Street for the past 24 years, the West Shipyard is being unearthed for just two weeks, in an archaeological dig that will be open to the public July 18, 1-3 p.m.; July 19, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.; and July 20, 1-3 p.m. The Delaware River Waterfront Corp. commissioned the exploratory dig, which will be carried out by John Milner Associates. Naked City spoke with Rebecca Yamin, a historical archaeologist, consultant on the project and author of Digging in the City of Brotherly Love. Yamin will be giving tours of the site and telling the story of James West’s shipyard and the early development on the Philadelphia waterfront.
