259-261 South 15th Street
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Monday, December 9, 2013
Old-Ass Building of the Week-- December 9th
The McGlinchey's Building
259-261 South 15th Street
McGlinchey's is my kind of place. Smoky, staff hates your fucking guts, low low prices, Yeungling Porter on tap. This place's history has been a mystery for a long-ass time, so I finally buckled down and found it all for you. Check it out at the Hidden City Daily!
259-261 South 15th Street
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Old-Ass Building of the Week-- November 27th
The Philadelphia School
2501 Lombard
I have some personal experiences related to this place, the Philadelphia School. No, I was not a student, but I did have to come here every day for about 8 weeks in 2005. Little did I know that this place has an extensive-ass history. Read all about it at the Hidden City Daily!
2501 Lombard
I have some personal experiences related to this place, the Philadelphia School. No, I was not a student, but I did have to come here every day for about 8 weeks in 2005. Little did I know that this place has an extensive-ass history. Read all about it at the Hidden City Daily!
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Old-Ass Building of the Week-- November 13th
Flint Building
219 North Broad
Ever notice this big bitch-bastard on North Broad? I sure as hell started noticing it when that big-ass sign was placed on top. Now you can learn all about it down at the Hidden City Daily! Also, donate to Hidden City!
219 North Broad
Ever notice this big bitch-bastard on North Broad? I sure as hell started noticing it when that big-ass sign was placed on top. Now you can learn all about it down at the Hidden City Daily! Also, donate to Hidden City!
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Empty Lot of the Week-- November 5th
Buschong Automobile Row Lots
211-213 and 217-219 North Broad
What a pisser. This perfectly usable space on the 200 block of North Broad Street between Race and Vine has been soiling up this block for the last 86 fucking years. The location has a history of being part of the early 20th Century Auto Showroom megacenter called Automobile Row. Despite seeing many occupants over a century of constant development, this piece of shit is now and has been a crappy surface parking lot. Two of them right next to each other, in fact. The story of this lot is told by how it splits into two properties: 211-213 North Broad and 215-217 North Broad.
Read more at the Philadelphia City Paper's Naked City Blog!
211-213 and 217-219 North Broad
What a pisser. This perfectly usable space on the 200 block of North Broad Street between Race and Vine has been soiling up this block for the last 86 fucking years. The location has a history of being part of the early 20th Century Auto Showroom megacenter called Automobile Row. Despite seeing many occupants over a century of constant development, this piece of shit is now and has been a crappy surface parking lot. Two of them right next to each other, in fact. The story of this lot is told by how it splits into two properties: 211-213 North Broad and 215-217 North Broad.
Read more at the Philadelphia City Paper's Naked City Blog!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Dead-Ass Proposal of the Week-- October 22
O Havana Philadelphia Hotel
Somewhere by the riverfront in Fishtown
This is the most fun kind of Dead-Ass Proposal. Shit that's so silly and outlandish that the motherfucker is dead on arrival. Like the Philadelphia Wax Museum, this piece of shit proposal has little evidence of being serious and/or real. There isn't even an exact location for where it was planned.
Read more at the Philadelphia City Paper's Naked City Blog!
Somewhere by the riverfront in Fishtown
This is the most fun kind of Dead-Ass Proposal. Shit that's so silly and outlandish that the motherfucker is dead on arrival. Like the Philadelphia Wax Museum, this piece of shit proposal has little evidence of being serious and/or real. There isn't even an exact location for where it was planned.
Read more at the Philadelphia City Paper's Naked City Blog!
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Empty Lot of the Week-- October 15th
Big-ass Billboard Lot
2046 Chestnut Street
Goddammit, I hate this shitbird lot. Its only one address wide but pisses me off way more than the much larger one a couple of doors to the east. This craptonious strip of asphalt with its ostentatious-ass 800 square-foot advertising wall has been stuck in this configuration for at least 79 fucking years. Yeah, you read that right. SEVENTY-NINE FUCKING YEARS. How the hell has this been allowed to happen?
Read more at the Philadelphia City Paper's Naked City Blog!
2046 Chestnut Street
Goddammit, I hate this shitbird lot. Its only one address wide but pisses me off way more than the much larger one a couple of doors to the east. This craptonious strip of asphalt with its ostentatious-ass 800 square-foot advertising wall has been stuck in this configuration for at least 79 fucking years. Yeah, you read that right. SEVENTY-NINE FUCKING YEARS. How the hell has this been allowed to happen?
Read more at the Philadelphia City Paper's Naked City Blog!
Monday, October 14, 2013
Old-Ass Building of the Week-- October 14th
Maule Building/Jewish Community Building
2101 Arch Street
Ever wonder about this building with its whacky glass curtain addition? I have the story of it for ya right here at the Hidden City Daily!
2101 Arch Street
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