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The post-industrial neighborhood has long been a haven for large music venues —Electric Factory and Starlight Ballroom are tucked in among the low-slung buildings — but the area also has a growing residential population. The Union Transfer team worked extensively with the local community to make sure they would be a good neighbor. “You have to respect the character of a neighborhood,” says Four Corners’ Avram Hornik. “It’s why you want to be in that neighborhood in the first place.”

(via Sound Effect: How A Music Venue Can Lift a Neighborhood)

Bob Bruhin

Bob Bruhin is a web developer, tour guide, art photographer, author, blogger, and graphic designer. His love of urban landscapes, especially in post-industrial Philadelphia, PA, leads him to document some of the darker corners of his city.

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