Old-Ass Building of the Week-- January 6th

 Devon Self Storage

1831 West Allegheny Avenue

                This Red White and Blue motherfucker is visible for miles around. Strangely enough, it wasn't always a lone tall building in this spot... there used to be loads more, but they're all gone. Learn about the sole survivor at the Hidden City Daily!

Old-Ass Building of the Week-- December 9th

The McGlinchey's Building

259-261 South 15th Street

Pic by Brad Maule

                      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!
        

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!

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!

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!

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!
                

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!