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MAPS FROM THE CENTRAL BUSINESS PROPERTY ATLAS OF PHILADELPHIA
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Map of Sections 18~27 of Wards 7 and 8
From Eighteenth Street to the Schuylkill River and between Chestnut and South Streets. Roughly sections 21〜27 and a bit of 18〜20. All buildings made of iron or wood. Everything south of Spruce Street is made of iron and everything north of Spruce Street is wood.
Map of parts of Wards 7 and 8
From Eighteenth to Nineteenth Streets and between Locust and Pine Streets. The area has turned much more into brick. There are still small parts that are made of wood (yellow). Also a lot of empty spaces behind buildings.
Map of a part of Ward 18
From Eighteenth to Nineteenth Streets and between Pine and South Streets. All buildings are made of brick with some wood. There is a Secondary and Primary School on the corner of Nineteenth and Addison Streets. There is also a Philadelphia Polyclinic and College in the middle of the block spanning from Lombard to Naudain Streets.
Map of parts of Wards 7 and 8
From Eighteenth to Nineteenth Streets and between Pine and Locust Streets. The majority of the area is brick. There is also the M. E. Church of the Covenant on the corner of Eighteenth and Spruce. Churches in the area are very common.
Map of part of Ward 8
From Eighteenth to Nineteenth Streets and between Locust and Chestnut Streets. This is the Northeast corner of the neighborhood, and includes Rittenhouse Square, one of the original four squares of Philadelphia. Most of the houses around the park are larger, and some made of stone, which coincides with the real estate of the area today; higher class, expensive housing surrounds the park.
Map of part of Ward 8
From Eighteenth to Twenty-second Streets and between Locust and Chestnut Streets. Further displaying the prevalence of churches, there are two in this span: the St. Paul's Second Reform Church on the 2100 block of Chestnut, and the Holy Trinity P. E. Church on the corner of Nineteenth and Walnut.
Map of parts of Ward 7 and 8
From Nineteenth to Twenty-second Streets and between Pine and Locust Streets. There is a school, Adelphi Academy, on the corner of Twenty-second and Locust. There are also two Livery Stables, one just south of the academy and the other on Twentieth and Pine.
Map of part of Ward 7
From Nineteenth to Twenty-second Streets and between South and Pine Streets. This stretch includes a yarn and cloth factory, Kershaw Worsted Co. Thinking of the neighborhood now, it is difficult to imagine a factory in the middle of the primarily residential area.
Map of parts of Ward 7 and 8
From Twenty-second Street to the Schuylkill River and between Pine and Locust Streets. The area along the Schuylkill, which is now the Schuylkill River Park, used to be extremely industrial. It consisted of a freight yard, the Philadelphia Granite & Blue Stone Co., and the Tracy Worsted Mills.
Map of parts of Wards 7 and 8
From Twenty-second to Twenty-fourth and between Locust and Pine Streets. There are many row houses, most of which are made of brick, although some are wood, and two on the center right are made of stone.
Map of parts of Ward 7 and 8
From Twenty-fifth Street to the Schuylkill River and between Locust and Pine Streets. There are more wood houses toward here than toward the east, although most are still made of wood. There are also a few of stone. There is a freight yard where Schuylkill River Park is now.
Map of part of Ward 8
From Twenty-second Street to the Schuylkill River and between Chestnut and Locust Streets. Again, there is a mix of brick and wood. There is also an iron train shed connecting to the railroad, which has its building on twenty-fifth and chestnut.
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