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    the new ones?
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    the newly posted one? we have some old temple and hagley that have been giving us trouble.
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    Default Detail of 34th street overpass,

    DETAIL OF 34TH STREET OVERPASS, SHOWING TRIM AND TILE WORK. - Connecting Railway, Schuylkill River Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, north of Girard Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia,

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    Quote Originally Posted by CHIOSSO View Post
    I also like this view, which provides a little wider context. BTW, in that first photo, you can see the possibly related Harrison Court Building in the background, which, as most here know, occupied the parallel Filbert St block until a massive fire in 1984.

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    West Philadelphia train station (built 1907, Furness, Evans and Company, architects), snapshot. ca. 1920



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    College Hall built 1871-1872, Thomas Webb Richards, architect, exterior



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    Default Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Spirited Army recruits after enlisting at the customhouse. Date : Jan. 1942

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    Default 1912 The Free Library of Philadelphia, Children's Department, Pennsylvania Located at 1233 Locust Street.

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    Default Mutual Fire Insurance Company Building, Germantown Avenue & School House Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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    Historical protest signs are always so professional looking. They're even grammatically correct!

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    Chiosso PostMy friends and I would at times go bowling at the Harrison building, I think it was up on one of the upper floors, not sure which. It was old style with guys working behind the alley, setting things up.
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