Talk:Independence Mall (Philadelphia)

Article Inclusions/Exclusions
I am diligently working on expanding this article as best as I can. As this is technically a Neighborhood article, I'm doing my best to limit scope to the overall development of the area. But I'd like some thoughts on what to include and what not to include. The history of the mall design is where I'm focusing efforts at the moment. But I'm curious if I should also be including brief histories of key buildings that are surrounding the Mall (linking back to dedicated articles, where appropriate, of course). For example, should we be spending some time on the Philadelphia Bourse or other significant buildings? Appreciate any help or thoughts on the matter. -- D. Travis North &#91;Coplan&#93; (talk) 06:53, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Need Maps, Plans and Original Layout Photos
I feel this article greatly needs some maps and/or original layout plans and photos. There's a great resource featuring the original Roy F. Larson concept that I would love to upload here. But this is where I get outside my comfort zone. Is this map now within the public domain? Are we able to legally upload it here to Wikipedia without any concern? I greatly appreciate someone's experience and insights here.

I would also like to get a copy of the original constructed plan(s) into the article as well. So if anyone has a good resource that we can use, I would greatly appreciate it if you can provide.

-- D. Travis North &#91;Coplan&#93; (talk) 19:11, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned Citation(s)
There was an orphaned citation: Constance M. Greiff, Independence: The Creation of a National Park (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987).

It was listed under the References and was not formatted properly. As near as I can tell, there is nothing in the article that specifically references this citation. So I have temporarily stripped it and placed it here for safe keeping. I'm doing some research for this article, so I may try to find that book. Meanwhile, if someone else has the book (or if you're the person who added the citation), let's try to cite it properly with the associated facts so that it will show up in the Reference List. -- Coplan (talk) 22:22, 23 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Update - I found the book (easier than I thought) and was able to trace back some of the references to the book. Overall, a decent book, so I expect I'll be citing from this a few times in this article.  -- D. Travis North &#91;Coplan&#93; (talk) 06:53, 24 June 2015 (UTC)