Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 345
an do not. Philadelphia is the only city inthe world in which this is true. This is the biggest and best thing which can be said ofany city. The law in Philadelphia has made this easy,in the first place, by separating the owning ofthe ground on which a house is built and theowning of the house… … CHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA, WHERE FRANKLIN AND WASHINGTON WENT TO CHURCH. 93-] PHILADELPHIA A CITY OF HOMES. fixed by the man who first sells use of the landcannot be changed, and lasts forever. A ground-rent does not grow if the ground gets to beworth more: it stays the same. If the ground 333 to…
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