Title	City saves cast-iron facade from destruction after fire
Date	1977-10-14
Photographer	Meyer, Frederick A.
Subject	Cast-iron fronts (Architecture) Fires Architectural photography Architecture--Conservation and restoration
Organization-Building	242-244 North Delaware Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Geographic Subject	Delaware Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) Philadelphia (Pa.)
Description	Two warehouses damaged in a pair of fires are to be razed. However, the City plans on removing the historic cast-iron facades for preservation before the buildings are destroyed. This image is a close-up of an elaborately carved "67" because "at one time, buildings along Delaware ave were" not listed "by hundreds, so this building was 67 along Delaware ave."
Original Notes	With description
Format	image/jp2
Type	Photographs
Publisher	Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Physical Description	1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Rights	This material is made available for private study, scholarship, and research use. For access to the original, contact: Temple University Libraries. Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257.
Repository	Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Repository Collection	George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Collection
Collection ID	SCRC 170
Folder	Buildings--Facades
Digital Collection	George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs
Digital Publisher	Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries.
Contact	scrc@temple.edu
Identifier	P057048B
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City saves cast-iron facade from destruction after fire

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