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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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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Philadelphia Docks Wharves -1920

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Cow-Boy Statue - Frederic Remington - Philadelphia - 1908

Parkway - City Park Association - Philadelphia - 1910

And 1920:

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Philly 1915

Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House - North Broad Street - Circa 1915

Cycle Track - Philadelphia Driving Park - Penrose Avenue - 1896

Kiggins Hotel SW Corner Frankford Avenue and Bustleton Avenue Philadelphia 1896

Free Library of Philadelphia - Frankford Branch - Frankford Ave and Overington St - 1906

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Philly 1911

Northeast Manual High School

Delaware Avenue

Opera House on N. Broad Street

Waterfront

Waterfront

The World’s Greatest Suspension Bridge Philadelphia to Camden – 1926 (public domain)

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