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Originally Posted by mja
Question: What were the state of things where the VSE is now? Was that Chinatown, or more industrial / skid row?
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Final Federal approval to complete the VSE didn't happen until 1983, so when I was in middle school at Broad and Vine, Vine was just a giant street (10 lanes I think), and it was definitely a huge barrier b/w Center City and north, and the blocks on the south side of Vine were parking lots...kinda like now. I don't know if that was in part are property was cleared in anticipation of the VSE or not. But the north side of Vine was more filled in - for some reason I've still not figured out because that area was kinda sketchy/Skid Row-ish (70s parenting), I went to Sunday school at the Sunday Breakfast on 12th north of Vine when I was 7 or 8; I think that that building is now condos.
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