tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post1228283324285427203..comments2023-08-03T11:56:57.358-04:00Comments on Philaphilia: Mystery Building of the Week-- September 12thGroJLarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934904684571266144noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-38591091725873706812013-11-08T11:33:13.673-05:002013-11-08T11:33:13.673-05:00Sorry, I wrote this two years ago so I really don&...Sorry, I wrote this two years ago so I really don't remember. Check Google Books and archive.org.GroJLarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07934904684571266144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-17361437005297498242013-10-28T04:14:27.389-04:002013-10-28T04:14:27.389-04:00I am a historic preservation student doing researc...I am a historic preservation student doing research on this property for a HABS report. Where are your sources coming from?? It would really help me alot because little is known about this property but without the source its just hear say.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02818702885629735618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-73300840237447101562012-05-11T22:29:07.130-04:002012-05-11T22:29:07.130-04:00Just stumbled upon your blog entry, My father owne...Just stumbled upon your blog entry, My father owned the Tune Disk Records mentioned as a former tenant, We lived a couple blocks away when I was born in 1959, never knew he had an office that close. Thanks for your interest in this property.Derwin's pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13134416512671845714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-317635967217913342011-09-13T11:11:56.739-04:002011-09-13T11:11:56.739-04:00The upper floors were home to PARAGON - a gay muli...The upper floors were home to PARAGON - a gay mulit-floor nightclub in the late 1990s that lasted about a season. It then became Club 1415 - and died on the vine.Robert Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00431152427841582782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-7309862722340545332011-09-13T09:50:09.195-04:002011-09-13T09:50:09.195-04:00Great article! Never would have guessed the backgr...Great article! Never would have guessed the background of the building I've drank in, and walked by countless times!kdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07603957905990205966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-36419347165627803332011-09-12T13:08:55.498-04:002011-09-12T13:08:55.498-04:00Wow. That's just amazing. Speculating on parki...Wow. That's just amazing. Speculating on parking garages 106 years ago.<br /><br />It's too bad the story of 1907 Walnut, which is apparently a "site of a failed condo tower, and a tax delinquent property" (via http://planphilly.com/series/philadelphias-tax-delinquency-conundrum) doesn't have the same happy ending.josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614414852135578659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-39701316687644218012011-09-12T12:31:31.991-04:002011-09-12T12:31:31.991-04:00This is where I got it:
1905 Automobile Trade Jou...This is where I got it:<br /><br />1905 Automobile Trade Journal, Volume 10, Page 49:<br /><br />"The recently erected garage of the Bellevue Hotel Philadelphia has already proved inadequate the hotel proprietors have taken the property at 1415 Locust St where a 3 story building will be erected to be used an auxiliary garage"GroJLarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07934904684571266144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-81290496562527304852011-09-12T12:22:43.330-04:002011-09-12T12:22:43.330-04:00Carriage parking?Carriage parking?Ratphooeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088889438605236950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-41433417387316145772011-09-12T09:46:13.872-04:002011-09-12T09:46:13.872-04:00"In 1905 the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel purchas..."In 1905 the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel purchased the old Hall with the intention of demolishing it for a parking garage."<br /><br />1905. Parking garage.<br /><br />1) I'm amazed that the desire to knock down awesome buildings to parking lots has transcended the ages in Philadelphia.<br /><br />2) Who the fuck had CARS IN 1905!?!?!?josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614414852135578659noreply@blogger.com