Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Empty Lot of the Week-- April 3rd

15th Street Desert

Northeast corner of 15th and South Streets

Awful.
                                This lot has no damn excuse to exist. The other horrible empty lots near it are result of a shitty situation, but this asphalt asshole just a development desert. Its the worst kind-- a combination of adjacent empty lots that come together to be one humongous sea of horseshit. Though once a lively and populated area, it hasn't seen construction in a loooong time.
                              Read more at the Philadelphia Citypaper's Naked City Blog!

1 comment:

  1. I looked into the history of this intersection at one point. Up at 15th and Rodman was the site of a horrific boarding house collapse in the late 30s (which apparently provided the impetus for PHA) which killed a number of people. I couldn't find any sign of anything built on the site since.

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