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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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