Spring GardenOriginally a small settlement between Vine Street and Buttonwood Lane. The original boundaries were Vine Street on the south; the middle of Hickory Lane (afterwards Coates Street, now Fairmount Avenue) on the north; Broad Street on the west, and the middle of Sixth Street on the east.
The Barnes Tower is a 47-story, 500-foot residential tower that would replace the Best Western Motel Center City with 247 condo units. There is an option for a second building…
In the hey day of Philadelphia’s working waterfront, every pier was known for something. For Poplar Street, it was lumber. Hauled here from the forests of Eastern Pennsylvania, the wood…
Going down the shore? Before there was a Benjamin Franklin Bridge, thousands departed by ferry from the Vine Street landing for a run across New Jersey via the Camden &…
The concept for John Fitch's paddle powered steamboat emanated from a dream.
