With most of the major positions filled within city government, a mayor's focus turns to all of those boards and commissions that need some behinds in the seats. And there are a lot of them.
Today Mayor Nutter announced his selections for the city's Historical Commission, a group that "reviews building and demolition permit applications and determines whether a given building, structure, site or district is historic."
Of note, one of his appointees is Richardson Dilworth 3rd, grandson of the former mayor and reforming legend of the same name. This Dilworth is an Assistant Professor of history at Drexel University. The Commission recently weighed in on the fate of his grandfather's house on Washington Square. According to the website of the Preservation Alliance, the Dilworth House is not long for this world.
Read the full release and weigh in on some of the selections, especially if you are an historical preservation advocate and know something about the qualifications of these folks.