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Originally Posted by hammersklavier
I think there's definitely something to be said about the idea that a two-block "mall" being ultimately the perfect way to show Independence Hall off. The whole section north of Market has never felt like it's ever really worked, and of course the section east of 5th has that problematic philosophy that the best way to show buildings off is shearing them from their contexts entirely. I mean, Carpenter's Hall was hidden in the middle of the goddamn block ... most of which was demolished in the interest of carving out this silly historical park!
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Yeah, always makes me sad seeing how it used to look. Kind of like old photos of NYC Penn station. I guess maybe it helps put value on a certain amount of preservation.
http://planphilly.com/eyesonthestree...ce-square-1927
Edit: smaller photo, bigger one is on planphily
http://planphilly.com/uploads/media_...s.original.png