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The block of row houses is an important example of Philadelphia’s architectural and developmental history. [3] Sansom erected the buildings on what was then the outskirts of Philadelphia. To attract tenants he paved Sansom Street at his own expense. He then hired Benjamin Latrobe to design another row on the 700 block of Walnut Street. A ...
Altar in the lower church at Saint John's, seen through a glass panel etched with Alpha/Omega symbols. One of the more active parishes in Philadelphia, St. John's offers Sunday Masses at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. (along with a Saturday evening Vigil Mass at 5:15 p.m.) in the upper church.
3402–3436 Sansom St., Philadelphia, ... Sansom Row is a row of historic houses located at 3402 to 3436 Sansom Street in the University City neighborhood of ...
A small row of restaurants and shops faces the law school on Sansom Street. Nearby are the Penn Bookstore, the Pottruck Center (a 115,000-square-foot (10,700 m 2) multi-purpose sports activity area), the Institute of Contemporary Art, a performing arts center, and area shops.
Hermance and Olshan moved the store first to 1426 Spruce Street and then to its final location on 12th and Pine in 1979. [4] Olshan left the partnership in 1984. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission unveiled a marker on Sunday, October 15, 2011, to commemorate the location of Giovanni’s Room, as it is the country's first LGBT ...
The United States Custom House is a historic United States federal government building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Built between 1932 and 1934 to the Art Deco designs of the architectural firm of Ritter & Shay, the building occupies an entire block between Second, Chestnut, and Sansom Streets and the former Exchange Place in the heart of the oldest section of the city.
The 30-story, 405-foot-tall (123 m) Wells Fargo Building is located on the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia. The building faces Broad Street on the west, Walnut Street on the south, and Sansom Street on the north. [3] [4] [16] To the east of the building is the 11-story Witherspoon Building, built in 1896. Owned by the same ...
Mary Brown Warburton, then president of the EAP, hired New York architect Arthur Loomis Harmon to design a multi-story hotel building in the heart of Philadelphia's growing downtown. The site of the hotel was selected on the northeast comer of South 20th and Sansom Streets where several earlier nineteenth century rowhouses were recently demolished.