^ J, come to think of it, I must have
just missed you because I didn't get there to about 2:30 - 2:40 Saturday.
MNMike and soleri, there are plenty of people who are sad to see those buildings go. This project was held up for a
long time because of opposition to this building. I don't want to rehash to specifics of that opposition, there has been too much of that. But, the historic significance of the doomed buildings has been greatly overstated, the outcry has been vastly overdramatized and the buildings themselves have been badly mangled. There are other, and better preserved examples of vernacular style in Rittenhouse.
I have the book "
Historic Rittenhouse: A Philadelphia Neighborhood" that sites all the architectural styles and significant buildings in the neighborhood, and "Rindelaub's Row" doesn't even warrent a mention, anywhere at all in this very comprehensive book.