01:49
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Engineering Challenges Behind the Commuter Tunnel

01:49

with Craig Schelter

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Short Cuts: Former PIDC Vice President Craig Schelter outlines a few of the engineering problems associated with digging under nearly 20 city blocks in downtown Philadelphia to attach two underground rail stubs in the 80s.

Engineering Challenges Behi...

with Craig Schelter

01:25
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Frank Rizzo's Care for Animals

01:25

with Craig Schelter

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Short Cuts: Former PIDC Vice President Craig Schelter shares a story about how former Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo took a concern for Schelter's Shetland pony during bad weather.

Frank Rizzo's Care for Animals

with Craig Schelter

01:38
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How Liberty Place Changed the Face of Philadelphia

01:38

with Craig Schelter

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Short Cuts: Former PIDC Vice President Craig Schelter describes the transformation that took place in Philadelphia upon the completion of Willard Rouse's towering Liberty Place.

How Liberty Place Changed t...

with Craig Schelter

01:59
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Philadelphia's Big Dig

01:59

with Craig Schelter

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Short Cuts: Former PIDC Vice President Craig Schelter compares Philadelphia's $327 million Commuter Tunnel project to Boston's Big Dig.

Philadelphia's Big Dig

with Craig Schelter

01:30
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Rizzo's Role in the Commuter Tunnel

01:30

with Craig Schelter

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Short Cuts: Former PIDC Vice President Craig Schelter gives Rizzo credit for his role in making the massive commuter tunnel project happen.

Rizzo's Role in the Commute...

with Craig Schelter

01:42
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Successes and Mistakes in Planning Liberty Place

01:42

with Craig Schelter

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Short Cuts: Former PIDC Vice President Craig Schelter describes both Rouse's enthusiasm for the design elements of Liberty Place, and how that, in turn, took a toll on aspects of the public area around it.

Successes and Mistakes in P...

with Craig Schelter

01:52
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The Impact of the Commuter Tunnel

01:52

with Craig Schelter

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Short Cuts: Former PIDC Vice President Craig Schelter describes why he believes that the costly Commuter Tunnel underneath Philadelphia was a "super investment".

The Impact of the Commuter ...

with Craig Schelter

02:04
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The Reasons Behind the Commuter Rail Connection

02:04

with Craig Schelter

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Short Cuts: Former PIDC Vice President Craig Schelter describes the justification for the $327 million dollar Big Dig that Philadelphia undertook to connect the two rail stubs beneath downtown.

The Reasons Behind the Comm...

with Craig Schelter