Chestnut Hill
Neighborhood in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaWikipedia
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Oct 6, 2026
Justin RoczniakHOST
I mean, this alignment is very, very, very old.
Justin RoczniakHOST
The Philadelphia and the Redding line out to Chestnut Hill was like one of the very first railroads in the United States.
Justin RoczniakHOST
So, you know, this is like...
Justin RoczniakHOST
Some decision that was made, you know, before writing was invented, you know, because this this yeah, this this was built as sort of, you know, an attempt to get out to Norristown, Pennsylvania.
Justin RoczniakHOST
And by the time they they reached Chestnut Hill, they realized our surveys were shit.
Justin RoczniakHOST
We can't do this, guys.
Justin RoczniakHOST
Yeah.
Gareth DennisHOST
Exactly, yeah.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
The nicest neighborhoods were train lines, and that's where the elite went, uh, in the 1920s.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
They moved out to Chestnut Hill on one side of the Schuylkill, and they moved out to the Main Line on the other.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
The, the Main Line refers to a railroad line.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
So these were train suburbs, and they were different.
J.P. RomneyNARRATOR
Whatever one calls it, the land is a swath of roughly 700 rural acres boxed in by a Roxborough roadway where the city's manifest destiny seems to have curled up and died.
J.P. RomneyNARRATOR
In the late 1800s, it was intended to be the next Chestnut Hill, but the landscape, littered with steep ravines, proved too tricky for train lines.
J.P. RomneyNARRATOR
In 1965, the hundreds of wooded acres were converted into what is now the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education.
J.P. RomneyNARRATOR
It's one of the nation's first urban preserves of its kind, and the largest privately held open space in Philadelphia.
Joe LexGUEST
The Bolin plot and the Wetherill plot are still active plots.
Joe LexGUEST
The Bolins live out in Villanova, and then the Wetherills live in Chestnut Hill.
Joe LexGUEST
And whenever a family member dies, they go into this plot with the 70 other people who are already there.
Steve CudenHOST
That's am- so there's still open space for them to go?
Claudia VargasGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Abby FritzPANELIST
Um, I do understand that maybe more experienced bikers have different perspectives on this, and something mentioned in the, um, Chestnut Hill article, uh, about this was that, you know, some bikers, it's hard for them to completely stop the bike because they have clip-in shoes or-
Trenae NuriHOST
Right, I saw that
Abby FritzPANELIST
... or it slows down their momentum.
Abby FritzPANELIST
Just as someone who is not a great biker and likes to bike, I will not be, I will not be doing that.
Abby FritzPANELIST
[laughs]
Trenae NuriHOST
And also, uh, in the Chestnut Hill Local, it was reported that this bill has strong support from the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia.
Claudia VargasGUEST
And I, you know, I think, and I think this was noted in the article, too, that a lot of bicyclists already do this.
Gray HallHOST
The rain did not put a damper on a night of history and art.
Gray HallHOST
They flipped the switch on the annual night of lights in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill neighborhood.
Gray HallHOST
Every night through Monday, Germantown Avenue will transform into a walkable outdoor gallery.
Gray HallHOST
Archival images and stories are projected through storefront windows while colorful lighting highlights the architecture.
Dom GiordanoHOST
That's where I would do it.
Victoria CoatesGUEST
Well, I'm, I'm up in Chestnut Hill, and so it's e- it's easier to do here.
Victoria CoatesGUEST
This wouldn't be a challenge.
Victoria CoatesGUEST
I'm thinking down south, where they-
Dom GiordanoHOST
The word I've been using all the time, Robert Common, but they're insulated.
Dom GiordanoHOST
They think Chestnut Hill is an example.
Dom GiordanoHOST
They voted for Krasner.
Dom GiordanoHOST
They're insulated.
Dom GiordanoHOST
You want a couple of drive-bys going down the main street there in Chestnut Hill, Germantown Avenue, with the shops and all that.
Dom GiordanoHOST
What is it? Pickleball.
Dom GiordanoHOST
They had 300 people out because of the noise.
Dom GiordanoHOST
The word I've been using all the time, Robert Common, but they're insulated.
Dom GiordanoHOST
They think Chestnut Hill is an example.
Dom GiordanoHOST
They voted for Krasner.
Dom GiordanoHOST
They're insulated.
Dom GiordanoHOST
You want a couple of drive-bys going down the main street there in Chestnut Hill, Germantown Avenue, with the shops and all that.
Dom GiordanoHOST
What is it? Pickleball.
Dom GiordanoHOST
They had 300 people out because of the noise.
Kent ChungusHOST
Little bit about this old man.
Kent ChungusHOST
He was originally from Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.
Kent ChungusHOST
He was the retired vice president of his daddy's coal mining company.
Kent ChungusHOST
And that company was called Keystone Coal Mining, and it was located in Philadelphia.
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