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Real Philly History, Real Fast: Fascinating Facts and Interesting Oddities about the City's Heroes and Historic Sites

Real Philly History, Real Fast: Fascinating Facts and Interesting Oddities about the City's Heroes and Historic Sites

This is real Philly history in fast bites. No story longer than 4 pages. Wow facts on every page.

2021

Stories

Jim Murphy
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Southwark History

Low Bridge

A tour guide mistake I won’t make again!

2 min readApr 16, 2024

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Low Bridge

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Jim Murphy
in
Southwark History

A Great Escape From Slavery

Henry Brown sends himself to Philly in a box

6 min readMar 29, 2024

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A Great Escape From Slavery

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Jim Murphy
in
Southwark History

Quick Switch

Park Service’s secret plan to remove Penn’s statue takes sudden U-turn

5 min readJan 10, 2024

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Quick Switch

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Jim Murphy
in
Southwark History

Philly’s Privy Passages

I didn’t realize what was hidden behind these middle doors

7 min readDec 21, 2023

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Philly’s Privy Passages

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Jim Murphy
in
Southwark History

Close Call

The day Philly almost killed Sandra Day O’Connor

3 min readDec 8, 2023

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Jim Murphy
in
Southwark History

It’s a Knockout!

“Rocky Statue” is still a huge hit in Philly

5 min readNov 21, 2023

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It’s a Knockout!

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Jim Murphy
in
Southwark History

Rocky vs. Barry

Barry’s statue may be 2nd most photographed in Philly

2 min readOct 24, 2023

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Rocky vs. Barry

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Jim Murphy
in
Southwark History

Billy Penn Jane’s Walk in Philly

Join me on his birthday, Oct. 14; it’s free

3 min readSep 23, 2023

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Billy Penn Jane’s Walk in Philly

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Jim Murphy
in
Southwark History

Flemish Bond

I learned it’s a subject tourists find interesting

3 min readAug 24, 2023

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Flemish Bond

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Jim Murphy
in
Southwark History

“The Signer”

This is a Philly statue I just don’t get!

2 min readAug 14, 2023

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“The Signer”

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Jim Murphy

Jim Murphy

Book Author

Jim is a writer, former magazine editor and certified tour guide in Philadelphia. His book Real Philly History, Real Fast was published in June, 2021.

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