Philadelphia Insectarium Evicted After Failure to Pay Mortgage, Building Left Trashed

By Alan Yu | WHYY

Published June 12, 2023 at 11:09 PM EDT

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Every display case and aquarium at the Philadelphia Insectarium was smashed by vandals.

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A Philadelphia science museum was evicted from its premises on May 30 after missing close to a million dollars in mortgage payments and interest.

Now the building is empty - and there is a lot of cleaning up to do. WHYY’s Alan Yu reports.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 6/4/23)

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Alan Yu | WHYY

Alan was all set on majoring in biology, but then he realized he liked writing about science more than doing research, so he left Hong Kong and went to study journalism in the U.S. After interning at NPR and WBEZ in Chicago, he has never wanted to work anywhere outside of public radio. He covers space and all other kinds of innovation. He enjoys comic books, LEGO, and dragon boating.

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