Scope and Contents Includes photographs of lots before and/or after being converted to pocket parks. Sites include 11th and Tioga; 15th and Oregon; 24th Street - Ritner to Passyunk; 24th Street between Snyder and Passyunk; 27th Street - Allegheny to Willard; 3200 block of N. 27th Street; 55th and Haverford; 59th and Baltimore; 59th Street, Lancaster, and Columbia Avenues; 71st Street between Buist and Dicks Avenues; Broad and Bristol; Carlisle Street and Hunting Park Avenue; Chelten Avenue, Wister Street, and...

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains a multitude of images of the Fairmount Park system created between 1855 and 2012 in a variety of formats. The “Photographic prints” collection consists of primarily of 8 x 10 prints of various park features, such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscape, construction and demolition, although sizes and content does vary widely throughout. This collection is a combination of photos which are official documents of the Fairmount Park Commission, and...

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Includes photographs of lots before and/or after being converted into pocket park tot lots. Sites include 3316 H Street; 3604-06 Haverford; 525 Cantrell Street; 2315 Ellsworth Street; 1929-31 E. Buckius Street; 2024 Gerritt Street; 642-44 N. Sickels; and 717-21 Emily Street

Scope and Contents Incudes photographs of lots before or after being converted into pocket parks. Sites included are 2230-36 E. Auburn Street, 68th Street to Pershing Street between Buist and Dicks Avenues; Dewey Street to 61st Street between Elmwood and Buist Avenues; 2523-2539 S. Robinson Street; 2528-2534 S. Robinson Street; Tioga and Crowell; 20th and Norris Streets; 1315 N. 4th Street; 20th and Tioga Streets; Barnes and Loney Streets; 1622 N. Franklin Street; Harbison Avenue and Levick Street; Hunting...

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Includes photographs of city lots before and/or after being converted into pocket parks. Sites include 234 Ellsworth; 2126 N. Gratz; 2301 N. Colorado; 314 Emily Street; 1729 W. Diamond Street; 1301 N. Dover Street; 2176 Darien Street; 3000 W. Dauphin Street; and 2030 Gerritt Street.