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Originally Posted by shadowbat2
Thanks for all the info! If you are able to post the original rendering/plans for 1101 Chestnut that would be great!
Yeah I got the streets mixed up since there is a Ranstead street that runs roughly along the same route through other blocks. I also came across the name "Girard street" which apparently was a private street that ran through the block as well at some point....
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Sure, I can post some 1101 Chestnut later on, I don't have access right now.
Girard Street was the name of the current Ludlow St between 12th and 11th streets until sometime post WWII. I have seen drawings referring to "Girard St" south of Snellenberg's and North of the Stephen Girard Building dated 1948, so we know Ludlow was called Girard St at least until 1948.
The entire block is privately owned by the estate of Stephen Girard so I have no idea why they renamed the street to Ludlow!