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Joseph Minardi
Приєднався 12 жов 2006
City of Neighborhoods: Philadelphia, 1890-1910
Take a trip back in time to when Philadelphia was the "Workshop of the World" and the city manufactured everything from lace to locomotives. The 20 year period beginning in 1890 was a dynamic period of growth for Philadelphia with the city's population rising by over half-a-million. The meet the demand for all of these new arrivals, builders and developers were busy cranking out new houses in every corner of the city. Over 130,000 new houses were built in the city during this boom period. Luckily we have a fairly comprehensive visual record of the city from this era in the form of Real Photo Postcards. These were used by builders and homeowners alike to show off their new dwellings. It's a great opportunity to see the city as it once looked. When these houses were still new and the streets and filled with children playing in the street.
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Philadelphia Perspectives: new book on Philly's residential golden age
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Philadelphia Perspectives: new book on Philly's residential golden age
I don't mind the piano..yes its repetitive but the narrator does a great job to take my kind off it..Very informative and Interesting 🤔..❤ Philly Architecture ❤.
In west phila which is not in here was already getting crime ridden,and run down its south of Lancaster av.in the 40's,its all run down.
Little did they know soon those places will be destoyed and trashed.
They forgot south west,who are these people collage educated but not that smart,and they are rich Bigots.Who hate Gentiles.
The Castle is located at 48th Street and Warrington Avenue. I know; I lived five doors away from it from 1982-2018.
I put the subtitles in and cut the sound
Damn shame what happened to all those nice nieghborhoods,beautiful homes,what could have been.
Great job Joe …I had my iPhone with me while watching this video ..then would use google earth to find the street address you used to juxtapose past and present …pretty cool
Very nice. Thanks for posting. Dont stop. Find more. Thanks so much!
Very interesting but very slow transfer between scenes takes way too long speed it up
Now Philadelphia is the city of crime, corruption, and welfare city run by Democrats. Truly sad.
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19:33 my great grandfather owned a cornerstore bar at 58th and Market in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s
Nowadays Philly is a city of gaybarhoods
Is that where you go?
job well done.
$1.00 a day wages. Top mechanic $1.50 per day?
Mandatory that the property owner MAINTAIN the hight of the CURBS.
MFL Bridge street to 69th street changed everything.
Paxon street. how beautiful neighborhood for 1905.
THANK you. For this video I very much enjoyed and you can put me on your list of fans. Thank you again.......... ROBBIE PHILADELPHIA PA FISHTOWN
Amazing how clean and orderly everything was, particularly, in North Philadelphia before the population began to “change” in the 1960’s. The 2200 block of Lehigh avenue shown in this video is a far cry from what it has devolved into today. Similar for most of the rest of the city as well.
Super cool
Music is headache inducing.
When i see people in these old photos; i can't help but to think they've long gone off into Eternity.
Piano made it unwatchable
So much parking in those days 😢
Certainly there would need to be a army of civil engineering..and massive plumbers..and roofing specialists to make it happen with..poor streets and without level streets...Yes new houses put in water and plenty of mud...use ride on bike on those dirt streets in 1950...wonder where are those historic builders who did this masonry work...look out..archives
72nd Ave. not street....
The black people moved in took control and tore the city up.
This was excellent Joseph!
that picture of paxton street showed my duplex at the end of the street. i grew up in the two story dwelling.. WOW!
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very good loved the full run down of all areas and even the architectures name! I have the hardest times finding those even in the free library archives! crazy to see how things have stayed the same but yet so much has advanced and improved. i will forever say spruce hill and west philly is one of the nicest areas of any city anywhere.
wow, how clean the city was back then,...not like now
Well, they didn’t live in a throw away society like we do now.
Absolutely phenomenal!!! REALLY impressive knowledge of architects AND builders!
Many of the apparent allegedly possibly maybe depicted sites in Philadelphia are now practically almost maybe possibly perhaps said to be “NO GO zones” for weight folk. You are not told, but, now - as opposed to back “then” - Philadelphia reportedly is said to NOW “manufacture” almost N0THINK - compared to what it reportedly allegedly almost maybe USED TO make.
It’s crazy I would love to see Kensington now and then
My grandmom was born in West Philly on 56th and Catherine in 1915,she lived until 2007
The streets in North Philly were so narrow because people didn't have cars in mind possibly? This video presentation is incredible. I used to walk pass 6th and Olney daily as a teen
Do you mean north Roosevelt Blvd? Not north of...?
I wouldn't fancy bay porches for darkening the front room like they must
those retractable awnings(?) must've been integral design-wise...or had it just been a matter of patiently waiting for the tree canopy to become lofty enough to fend off midday's scorching sun rays?
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He music is too loud and hard to listen to!
Could go by 8th and Somerset?
Enjoyed this video, and looked up the addresses. Several are still there, including the castle house at 48th and Springfield.
Yep! One of my most favorite houses in Philly.
Anyone see any trash in any of these pictures?
No, they cared about where they lived.
What beautiful homes they were at one time. What a shame they all didn’t stay that way. My moms family lived in the Fairhill section for about one hundred years and, no one ever mentions that area with its history. How about mansion row on north Broad street. Jacqueline Beauvoir(? Spelling)Kennedy’s Grand father owned one of them.
Those houses are still there, but no one took care of them and they’re falling down