Wood Street Steps in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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The Wood Street Steps are the last surviving examples of 10 or more stairways Philadelphia founder William Penn commissioned along the original Delaware Riverbank. Why are they important? Penn felt all citizens should have public access to the river wharves. Some early wealthy Quakers, who owned land there, disagreed. As part of a 1684 compromise, Penn made sure at least 10 stairways led to the…

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