534 Market Street - Southeast corner of 6th & Market Streets
Historical Images of Philadelphia Parker & Mullikin Negatives
Item Info
Item No: pdcm00490a
Title: 534 Market Street - Southeast corner of 6th & Market Streets
Additional Title: Devitt Electrical & Plumbing - Mall Project A
Historic Street Address:
6th & Market Streets, Southeast corner
Media Type: Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
This July 1949 image was taken as part of the preparation for beginning "Mall Project A,” for creating what became Independence Mall—the three blocks north of Independence Hall, bounded by Chestnut, Race, 5th and 6th Streets.
Devitt Hardware was one of the many buildings purchased and demolished to create the First Block, the block immediately north of Independence Hall; the block was completed in 1954.
Creation Year: 1949
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.150261
Geocode Latitude:39.950592
Creator Name: Parker & Mullikin - Photographer