The destruction of Pennsylvania Hall flies in the face of the preferred Philadelphia mythology. But the fact that the building doesn’t survive to remind us of its story is no excuse. The lack of a site doesn’t make the incident any less true, or less potent. What we have in the story of Pennsylvania Hall is nothing less than a reality check in a city where the past is sometimes framed in myth more than fact.
(Complete history at: When Myth Prevails and History Fails)
