Historic Philadelphia
An illustrated history of the city of Philadelphia, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
An illustrated history of the city of Philadelphia, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
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Center City West’s dramatic half century of<br />
change: the old rail station and Chinese<br />
Wall in the 1950s (top, left); Penn Center<br />
grows, 1960s (top, right); more new<br />
buildings, 1980s (bottom, left); finally, the<br />
century’s end, with the boxy mid-century<br />
structures dwarfed by One Liberty Place,<br />
the nation’s seventeenth tallest building at<br />
945 feet (bottom, right).<br />
1950S, ’60S, AND ’80S PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE CITY<br />
REPRESENTATIVE'S OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA. 2000 PHOTO<br />
COURTESY OF BARBARA TORODE.<br />
HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA<br />
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Landing had blossomed with restaurants,<br />
night clubs, a hotel, and attractions that<br />
made the riverfront a lively location.<br />
Recovering from a disastrous 1995 fire that<br />
killed twenty-three primates, the zoo had a<br />
new population of gorillas, orangutans, and<br />
other anthropoids settled in new quarters,<br />
and looked forward to a total makeover by<br />
2020. New sidewalks, lights, and plantings<br />
revitalized Chestnut Street. On South Broad<br />
Street, the Kimmel Center, a long-anticipated<br />
regional performing arts center, began rising.<br />
It is the centerpiece of the Rendell<br />
administration’s thrust to designate Broad<br />
Street as Avenue of the Arts. It wasn’t a<br />
new idea; the former Western Savings Fund<br />
office building at Broad and Chestnut had<br />
been renamed the Avenue of the Arts Building
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