'Suburb in the City tells the story of Chestnut Hill from its colonial beginnings as a self - sufficient village to its present predicament as an old, relatively affluent former railroad suburb within the borders of an even older and declining city....An important source for future historians of Philadelphia and its environs.' - Pennsylvania History
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