UNITED STATES: HISTORY: CITIES: PHILADELPHIA: PENNSYLVANIA: This is a Selected Assortment of Photographs of Famous Philadelphia Buildings, Philadelphia Transportation and More
David P. Dillard
This post shares some information about a few famous buildings in
Philadelphia, a substantial amount about the transportation system in
Philadelphia, past and present and some additional tidbits. The message
provided supplemental pictorial links regarding a topic of discussion on
the Philly_Traction list and moved on from there.
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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:03:00 -0500 (EST)
From: David P. Dillard <jw...@temple.edu>
To: Philly_...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Philly_Traction] TAN. "In Philadelphia, nearly everybody reads..."
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[Digital Diamond]
<http://diamond.temple.edu:81/>
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The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society from the Philadelphia Bulletin Digital
Diamond Photograph and Image Collection at Temple University Libraries
<http://diamond.temple.edu:81/search~/a?searchscope=
10&searchtype=X&searcharg=PSFS&SORT=D&Submit=Search>
A shorter URL for the above link:
The Philadelphia Bulletin Building from the Philadelphia Bulletin
Digital Diamond Photograph and Image Collection at Temple University
Libraries
<http://diamond.temple.edu:81/search?/aPhiladelphia+Evening+Bulletin./
aphiladelphia+evening+bulletin/-3%2C-1%2C0%
2CB/frameset&FF=aphiladelphia+evening+bulletin&22%2C%2C34>
Photographs are described but missing in a number of these links.
A shorter URL for the above link:
Shot of the Old Bulletin Building here and much more of interest in past
Philadelphia architecture.
<http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/
architecture-urban-planning/31760-lost-architecture-philly.html>
A shorter URL for the above link:
May or may not include the old or new Philadelphia Bulletin Building in these
photographs, but most on this list will like them.
<http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/philly-photos/
20414-pictures-philly-skyline-before-1987-a-4.html>
A shorter URL for the above link:
How about a coffee break at Horn and Hardart after all this picture gazing
<http://www.ectma.org/hja_photos/se154.jpg>
Here is a menu of photographs and content regarding Horn and Hardart
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/msearch?
query=horn+and+hardart&submit=Search&charset=windows-1252>
A shorter URL for the above link:
This is very close to the Bulletin Building
30th Street Station
The largest active rail station in America
<http://www.gophila.com/C/Things_to_Do/211/Itineraries_and_Tours/
428/Tours/204/U/30th_Street_Station/1402.html>
A shorter URL for the above link:
The Bulletin Building is now part of Drexel University
<http://www.drexel.edu/depts/pdc/admin/files/88_nail.JPG>
Quoting:
"Originally the Bulletin Building, One Drexel Plaza was purchased in auction by
Drexel in 1993 from PSFS, who had bought the building after the Bulletin went
bankrupt. This massive four-floor structure occupies a considerable lot of
major real estate and currently houses the universitys Evening and Professional
Studies Program. It also houses several large tenants."
This may be a bus convention in Philadelphia, but there are trolleys and
memories here.
MOTOR BUS SOCIETY
FALL 2005 CONVENTION
PHILADELPHIA
OCTOBER 8-9
<http://www.motorbussociety.org/conventn/05fall/index.html>
Here are some excellent photographs and links to Philadelphia vintage trolley
content.
<http://www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/philadelphia.htm>
There is a tremendous body about SEPTA including photographs in this article
and in the many linked articles that one finds in this article in the
Wikipedia.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA>
[Would one believe down to the level of specific SEPTA transit stations?]
22nd Street (SEPTA station)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22nd_Street_(SEPTA_station)>
While much about the PCC (Presidential Commission Coach) is content for history
books, the answer here is that the PCCII is anything but history in
Philadelphia.
<http://www.answers.com/topic/pcc-streetcar>
The Midnight Ride of the Philadelphia Trolley Lovers:
Is There Important History to Share Here?
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/21798>
Did we all know what the Strawberry Mansion Bridge was originally used for?
Strawberry Mansion Bridge, 1896-97
Schuylkill River at Ford Drive and Strawberry Mansion Drive, Philadelphia PA
Jane Mork Gibson, Workshop of the World (Oliver Evans Press, 1990).
Because it was originally a "trolley bridge," the history of the Strawberry
Mansion Bridge is irrevocably tied to that of the Fairmount Park Transportation
Company which for fifty yearsNovember 10, 1896 to November 10, 1946operated a
street railway line that extended for 8.8 miles and ran wholly within the
boundaries of Fairmount Park. 1 The trolley bridge over the Schuylkill River
connected the East Park where one terminal was located at 33rd and Dauphin in
the Strawberry Mansion District, to the West Park where the other terminal was
at 44th and Parkside. There had long been sentiment for construction of a
bridge over the Schuylkill between the Girard Avenue Bridge and Falls Bridge
that would carry general traffic, and the Strawberry Mansion Bridge met this
need by providing space for pedestrians and carriages as well as for the
trolleys.
<http://www.workshopoftheworld.com/fairmount_park/strawberry.html>
So where do we end this tour? Consider returning to Nearly Everbody Read the
Bulletin and a whole bunch more.
<http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/
blog/blosxom.pl/All/Entertainment>
A shorter URL for the above link:
WEBBIB0708
For Net-Gold members, in the photo section on Yahoo Groups are new PCCII photos
from the midnight ride of New Years Eve.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND PICTURES :
TRANSPORTATION: TROLLEY TRAIN SUBWAY LIGHT RAIL BUS CITY:
New Years Eve Photos of Nina Dillard Posted to Photos Section of Net-Gold
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/21930>
But we do not have to settle for photos, do we? These trolleys run on Girard
Avenue 24/7.
More about Philadelphia Trolleys Here:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/msearch?query=
philadelphia+and+trolleys&submit=Search&charset=windows-1252>
A shorter URL for the above link:
Additional content in Net-Gold focused on Philadelphia may be found at
this URL:
If you are a tourist or visitor to Philadelphia, have a wonderful time.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jw...@temple.edu
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