I can’t post pics right now, but the garage is starting to come down! Hunter Roberts has nearly the entire 1600 block of Sansom Street blocked off as well.
Most of that 1608-34 Sansom St site had been parking since at least 1934 (and sold gasoline too) and a garage since c. 1951, topped with one additional level c. 1970. It was once part of the late Harry Sley's Philadelphia parking empire.
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Man, that reminds me of the abandoned (when I was out there) Studebaker factory in South Bend. Nothing to look at, but built to outlast the pyramids. Given the scale, it was too expensive to tear it down.
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NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A 28 STORY HIGH-RISE STRUCTURE FOR USE AS THREE HUNDRED SIX (306) DWELLING UNITS WITH ACCESSORY AMENITY SPACES AND ACCESSORY PARKING GARAGE WITH SHELL COMMERCIAL SPACES... Status
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