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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Merritt Square – A City Vision not quite Completed – 1915

Merritt Square 


Source: Annual Report of the Bureau of Surveys Philadelphia - 1915



There seems to have been an idea to put a lot of public space and or parks into common housing sites in the 19-teens and Philadelphia city planning.

Probably WWI threw a wrench into proposed city planning and the ideal to lay out housing developments. The demand for housing after the war probably outstripped any concerns for livability of neighborhoods etc. 


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Monday, June 29, 2015

Frankford Avenue at Lehigh Avenue - Before and After Improvements - 1913















Bridges Over Frankford Creek -1902



AKA Worrell Street Bridge



Source: Annual Report Department of Public Works Philadelphia, Year ending 1902


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Friday, June 19, 2015

Philly 1911

Northeast Manual High School



Delaware Avenue



Opera House on N. Broad Street



Waterfront



Waterfront