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Lost Philadelphia “1700” | Philly Flashbacks
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The odd, the interesting and the downright ridiculous. Lost Philadelphia “1700”. See the two views. Built off Delaware Avenue, one block north of Spring Garden Street, on Pier 37 and owned by Alfred M. Johnson. Philadelphia 1700’s advertising ran like this:. Visit this delightful re-creation of Philadelphia’s colonial seaport. Dine and shop amid the surroundings of an earlier day. Seafood and steaks served in a true maritime surrounding. The “true maritime surrounding,”. The Philadelphia “1700̶...
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Show Me the Benjamins: Franklin on Stage, Screen & in Print | Philly Flashbacks
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The odd, the interesting and the downright ridiculous. Show Me the Benjamins: Franklin on Stage, Screen and in Print. HEALTHY, WEALTHY, WISEAND FAMOUS, TO BOOT. Who’s Philadelphia’s most iconic homeboy? HANDS ACROSS THE SEA, 1911. Dorothy Gibson played Diane de Polignac, holding the wreath,. MARIE ANTOINETTE, 1938. BEN AND ME, 1953. ROYAL AFFAIRS IN VERSAILLES, 1954. In this star studded Franch production, it was the illustrious, but glum looking Orson Welles who made an appearance as Benjamin Franklin:.
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The last word in ugliness. Really. | Philly Flashbacks
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The odd, the interesting and the downright ridiculous. The last word in ugliness. Really. In the photo,. Taken in the early 1920s, you can see the dark ghost of the footprint of a demolished building, just to the south of Congress Hall and just across from the new Public Ledger Building. (Click on this, or any photo, to see a larger image.) Today, there’s no trace of it at all, but, for about 40 years, the city’s much maligned New Courthouse stood on that spot. See the 1895 map, below. DANCE 10, LOOKS 3.
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A Home for the Community Center Part III | The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru
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The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru. Stories of how Philadelphia's Gayborhood came to be, featuring photos, artifacts and documents from the John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives. A Home for the Community Center Part III. In this, the third and last part of the story of t 1315 Spruce St., two buildings become one and later on Philadelphia ‘s LGBT Center finally gets its own home. THE 1930s: A GENTLEMAN’S CLUB. The club’s dining room, which is today’s Philadelphia Room. THE 1940s AND 1950s. Dorothy Draper was the...
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Quince Street: Crowded But Not Crushed, Part II | The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru
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The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru. Stories of how Philadelphia's Gayborhood came to be, featuring photos, artifacts and documents from the John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives. Quince Street: Crowded But Not Crushed, Part II. In the early ’80s, now called the Intermission Tavern,. In a secret bugging operation, the FBI phone taps and hidden cameras discovered that the Intermission was being used as the headquarters for loan sharking and drug dealing operations by mobster Raymond “Long John” Mortor...Jim Madde...
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T-Squares and Bootblacks: The Bike Stop | The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru
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The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru. Stories of how Philadelphia's Gayborhood came to be, featuring photos, artifacts and documents from the John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives. T-Squares and Bootblacks: The Bike Stop. The history of the Bike Stop. A THING OF DELIGHTFUL ODDITY. Below is the original terra-cotta medallion visible in the photo of the original entrance above. It was saved during renovations and is now at the Athenaeum on Washington Square:. BARNEY ZEEMAN, MUSICIAN and RESTAURATEUR. He bought the ...
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Odd Fellows in the Gayborhood | The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru
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The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru. Stories of how Philadelphia's Gayborhood came to be, featuring photos, artifacts and documents from the John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives. Odd Fellows in the Gayborhood. FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND TRUTH. A Jamaican born sailor, Peter Ogden,. Heard of the Institute’s efforts and offered to apply for a charter for them through his own lodge in Liverpool, England, which was part of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. In 1862, he. Wrote of him, [John C. Bowers] was an active...
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A Room for Us All | The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru
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The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru. Stories of how Philadelphia's Gayborhood came to be, featuring photos, artifacts and documents from the John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives. A Room for Us All. BEGINNINGS: BOYLE, WILSON WEINBERG AND SHERBO. Opened at 232 South Street on August 1, 1973. Its three original founders, Bernie Boyle,. Now deceased), Tom Wilson Weinberg. And Dan Sherbo,. Had been members of the Gay Activists Alliance and worked on. The Gay Alternative,. 8216;s Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookstore. Beat ...
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An Architectural Endeavor on Juniper St. | The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru
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The Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru. Stories of how Philadelphia's Gayborhood came to be, featuring photos, artifacts and documents from the John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives. An Architectural Endeavor on Juniper St. And Arthur Ingersoll Meigs. They entirely remodeled the building in a rustic, English Cotswold style, adding a large wall of small paned windows on the Juniper Street façade, another on the Chancellor Street side second floor drafting room,. As Your Placeor Mine,. Is a rare photo of the building...