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William Penn has a statue on the top of City Hall in Philadelphia. He's also the reason so many American cities look the way they do today. Philly had the nation's first planned grid layout, with attention paid to street widths, fire breaks, and access to green space and fresh water. On this episode of Dynamos in History, we break down his impact.
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