15th & Carpenter: Train Shed

**CHIOSSO** · 09-18-2012, 02:31 AM

**CHIOSSO** · 09-18-2012, 02:32 AM

**CHIOSSO** · 09-18-2012, 02:33 AM

**lbphilly** · 09-18-2012, 11:47 AM

The passenger station was built in 1840 but extensively expanded over the next several decades, with the second story added in the 1870s in anticipation of increased centennial traffic. More than you ever want to know about the stops on this railroad and less than you want to know about its Philadelphia history can be found in this guidebook:

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad guide book : Dare, Charles P : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

**CHIOSSO** · 09-18-2012, 01:25 PM

I was waiting for you Laura.

**londoner** · 09-19-2012, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by CHIOSSO

I'm assuming that lovely building on the right in the Cirque lot must have burned down? no way in this city's infinite wisdom would they have torn such a structure down for the wretched waste-land we now have...

**Pinkham** · 09-19-2012, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by londoner

I'm assuming that lovely building on the right in the Cirque lot must have burned down? no way in this city's infinite wisdom would they have torn such a structure down for the wretched waste-land we now have...

That was the Wanamaker Shirt Factory. Demolished in the late 1990's. See:
Philaphilia: Empty Lot of the Week-- June 16th

But now we have ventured beyond the borders of Southwest Center City...