Also, that particular point was picked, I believe, because it was the shortest distance between the Delaware and the Schuylkill. (Well, except for a few miles

Also, that particular point was picked, I believe, because it was the shortest distance between the Delaware and the Schuylkill. (Well, except for a few miles downriver where the Schuylkill flows into the Delaware, but South Philly was basically swamps back then.) See for example https://hiddencityphila.org/2015/08/courtyard-compass-reveals-a-city-off-axis/ https://hiddencityphila.org/2015/08/courtyard-compass-reveal...