The second City Museum (and the Betz Brewery) in the top left of this scene of destruction. It shows the scope of the Callowhill East Redevelopment Project, ca. 1969. About thirty percent of Northern Liberties was wiped out in a failed urban renewal effort. Temple University Urban Archives.

(via Second Universal Church, Callowhill Street, City Museum, Concordia Hall, Concordia Theater, John Betz, Betz Brewery, Callowhill East Redevelopment Project, Northern Liberties, Liebman Furniture Company, William Gaul Brewery, Atlantic Garden, Willow Street)

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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