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Article: Fire safety prompts a party: Christ Church wants rain on its parade.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- April 22, 2006
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Byline: Julie Stoiber
Apr. 22--And a powerful shower shall come to pass this afternoon in Old City. At 1:30, to be precise. That's when Christ Church plans to test a new fire-prevention system, sending torrents of water cascading down the outside of its storied old steeple -- which survived a bad scare two years ago -- and onto people, streets and gardens below.
In typical fashion, the church -- at Second and Market Streets -- is turning it into a community event. "Bring your own umbrella," read the invitation sent to parishioners, preservationists, neighbors and other supporters of the church, where George Washington worshiped and Benjamin ...