posted Feb 9, 2020, 9:36 AM by Congregation Leyv Ha-Ir
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updated Feb 9, 2020, 9:39 AM
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Come join us on Sunday, March 8, 2020, for LHI Education Committee's Sunday Salon Series. We are delighted that at this salon, Kenneth D. Frank,
M.D., husband of Leyv Ha-Ir member Sue Frank, will present Center City
Before Moses.
In
1931 workers digging a subway tunnel at 8th and Locust Streets discovered
subterranean tree stumps that were more than 36,000 years old. The stumps
were buried 38 feet underground, and the wood was well preserved. The
trees were bald cypress, a southern species whose native range does not extend
this far north. How scientists cracked the mystery of this discovery is an
intriguing tale. The story offers clues to Center City’s prehistoric past
and potential future.
Kenneth D. Frank, M.D. is a retired physician with a life-long
interest in natural history. He has recently focused on the ecology of
Center City, and in 2015 published a magnificent book titled Ecology of
Center City, Philadelphia which examines the flora and fauna just beyond
our front stoops, and elucidates in a most approachable way Center City’s
dynamic and resilient ecology.
It promises to be a very
enlightening session.
Very light noshes will
be served.
Please
contact Beverly by email at hayden15@verizon.net or
at 215-557-3777 to RSVP and for her address. Seating
is limited so please reserve early!
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