Item Info
Item No: pdcm00501
Title: 510 Market Street
Additional Title: Harrison Furniture - Mall Project A
Historic Street Address:
510 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.
Harrison Furniture 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.
Businesses shown in photo: Harrison Furniture, Sam's Menswear, M & H Sport Stores.
Creation Year: 1949
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.149074
Geocode Latitude:39.950579
Creator Name: Parker & Mullikin - Photographer