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  1. 08-28-2012, 03:27 AM #2881
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    Default Twenty-second Street and Columbia Avenue, -08-28-1964

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    Default Broken glass and debris litter Columbia Avenue following the 1964 riots.

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    Default Police march through the street in an attempt to quell demonstrators on Columbia Avenue. 8-28-1964

    Six hundred policemen were called to the scene to restore order after rioting started. Many were injured."

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    Default "Woman carries clothing past a store shattered by rioters."

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    Default John B. Stetson Hat Company 1897

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    Default An old wooden-frame houseshouse in Kensington 06-27-1939 Belgrade Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)

    Description A house built without nails from cedar, now owned by the Palmer cemetery. The house next to it was constructed the same way. The woman in the photo is Ida Haigh.

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    Default "Broad and Cherry streets" 1947

    This photograph shows a view of Broad and Cherry Street on a wet day, dominated by a 7-up billboard and the Gulf service station at the intersection.

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    Default "Broad and Arch Streets" 04-17-1917

    Demolition at Broad and Arch Streets during 1917. To the left still standing is the Kopps Hotel.


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    Default Broadway Theater,Broad and Snyder Av.07-29-1971

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    Default 611 South Street, 05/22/1959

    Sign: Kensington Farmers Market. Sign: Little Bridal Shoppe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CHIOSSO View Post
    This photograph shows a view of Broad and Cherry Street on a wet day, dominated by a 7-up billboard and the Gulf service station at the intersection.

    Sorry, I just need to say.



    That is how you build a godd*mn service station!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eastcoast View Post
    Sorry, I just need to say.



    That is how you build a godd*mn service station!

    That is how they used to build industrial beauty in America. Lost. Have to wonder if the local ad agency customized that one 7-Up billboard sign just to follow the sleek art-deco streamlined design of the gas station?
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    Columbia Av. photos came back.
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    Default Northeast Corner - Juniper and Market Streets - 5/22/1911

    Northeast Corner - Juniper and Market Streets - Juniper Street Side-On Account of Parkway Model. Stores - John Wanamaker Department Store - Horse Drawn Carts

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    Default Randolph House – 2222-2224 Spring Garden St. - 1896

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    Default 2010 Spring Garden Street – 1971 (Views of Door)


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    Default Parkway’s Youth Study Center, 2/17/1954

    “Parkway’s Youth Study Center, Modernistic structure, built at a cost of $2,500,000 bears little resemblance to a place of detention. View is from 20th st. along Pennsylvania av.” Philadelphia Evening Bulletin 2/17/1954

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    Default Northeast Corner - 17th and Cherry Streets. 3/13/1911 School: Friends Select School. Sign: Post No Bills

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    Default 1714-1716 Cherry Street. 2/27/1918





    1714 Cherry Street - Southwest Corner - Fairmount Parkway,4/9/1936

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