Turntable Contemplating the Cycles of Camden’s History

Low Density, Project, Technology and fabrication, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Active Public Spaces, Community, Design strategies, Energy, Ephemeral, History, Lightweight Materials, Plastic bottles, Project, RecyclingTextile, USA

Legend tells that Harding and Son’s Windmill, operating during the 18th century on a once-existing island between Camden and Philadelphia, is buried under Camden. During low tide, a sandbar from what is now Coopers Poynt Park formed a land passage directly to the island critical for transporting goods, helping first make Camden a vital hub. Camden abounds with lost history. RCA Victor recorded the 20th-century classical and jazz greats; many original vinyls in its Cooper Street warehouse were dumped at the shoreline in 1971, along with the building which housed them.