Item Info
Item No: pdcm00498
Title: 516 Market Street
Additional Title: Michell's Seed House - Mall Project A
Historic Street Address:
516 Market Street
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.
Michell's Seed House was one of the many properties purchased and demolished to create the First Block, the block immediately north of Independence Hall; the block was completed in 1954.
Businesses shown in photo: M & H Sport Stores, Michell's Seed House.
Creation Year: 1949
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.149144
Geocode Latitude:39.950587
Creator Name: Parker & Mullikin - Photographer