18th Street at Logan Square
Historical Images of Philadelphia Looney Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs
Item Info
Item No: pdcl00110
Title: 18th Street at Logan Square
Additional Title: 18th and Race Streets
Historic Street Address:
8th & Race Streets
Media Type: Salt Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes: "The view here is southward along 18th Street from the southeast corner of Logan Square. The dome of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church is just visible, center, and beyond it in the distance is a section of the old 'Chinese Wall' (see No. 158). The houses at the right were removed in 1918 to make way for the construction of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, which enters the square at this point and cuts across it on a diagonal."--OPEP, p. 113.
Notes: The intersection, street car, trolley tracks and horse-drawn carriages on street; street lamp on corner. Residential buildings line the street; people walking by.
Bibliography: Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.
Creation Year: 1913
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.169230
Geocode Latitude:39.956871