PHILADELPHIA-A $27-million public housing project is stalled until the Philadelphia Housing Authority completes an archaeological survey on the boundaries of a “Strangers Burying Ground” that dates back to the late 1700s.
The Queen Lane high-rise apartment building has been shuttered since 2011 and was to have been demolished and replaced with a $27-million project to build row houses in its place by the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
The project on West Queen Lane in Germantown has been delayed due to neighborhood opposition as well as existence of the burial ground on a portion of the property. Since the authority intends to use federal funds to build the row houses, it must complete the archaeological survey to get a more precise reading of the boundaries of the burial ground. The archeological report is expected to be completed sometime next month. See story in the Inquirer.
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