Over the years, if you traveled the Philadelphia waterfront from north to south you would be met by a series of aromas reflecting the City's economy. In the northeast it would be the rendering plants making tallow. Further south approaching the Ben Franklin bridge you would be hit with a pungent odor - no, it wasn't New Jersey - it was Publicker's tanks fermenting those "potato skins" for whiskey. Further on at Oregon Ave. we encountered the cocoa bean pier with its sweetness. Now we read that a little further south the Port people expect to import 60,000 tons of fertilizer per year. Now, I can appreciate the "hint" of fresh manure in the air on a Spring day - but 60M of whatever is a bit much. Beware those southerly winds. As the locals used to say when the Blue Route was coming "NIMBY" - not in my back yard!
tjs
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