Aerial Views, proposed Logan Circle tunnel connecting expressway
Historical Images of Philadelphia Charles Higgins Negatives
Item Info
Media Type: Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Image taken by Philadelphia Evening Bulletin photographer Charles T. Higgins. Notes on the negative's envelope read: "Apr. 8, 1952, aerial views, proposed Logan Circle tunnel connecting expressway"
This April 8, 1952, image shows an aerial view of the Logan Square area of Philadelphia, at the time of a proposed tunnel, to connect the Schuylkill Expressway (via Vine Street, seen running vertically to the left of Logan Circle) with the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The project spanned decades, resulting in its present route in the 1970s.
Besides Logan Circle and the diagonally-running Benjamin Franklin Parkway, there are several indentifiable landmark buildings in this image. Looking clockwise around Logan Circle, one can see the domed Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, the Academy of Natural Sciences (lower right), the Parkway Central branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia (lower left), and the Philadelphia Family Court. In the center of Logan Circle is the Swann Memorial Fountain.
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.170960
Geocode Latitude:39.958033
Creator Name: Higgins, Charles - Photographer