Passengers would have switched trains at Communipaw if they went to Newark. Was the Baldwin Locomotive works still in the way there? The Reading embarked on a review of potential sites for this new passenger station and soon focused on its Huntington Street station, which dated from 1887. The whole atmosphere was exciting, with sounds of pumps, generators, steam, bells, the smell of coal smoke, oil, grease, etc. The Boulevard was illuminated at night with spectacular visual displays of the huge Liberty Bell surrounded with 26,000 light bulbs, the Founder Pylons each with a powerful searchlight projecting skyward, and the shooting projection of lights from the Tower Of Light. [6] Since the 70s the street has undergone various city renovations. Serving Northeast Philadelphia and Wissahickon Transportation Center. It is interrupted by Philadelphia City Hall, which stands where Broad and Market Street would intersect in the center of the city. It was designed by Horace Trumbauer and his chief designer Julian Abele. Nor was there any movement by the City to extend East River Drive to South Street and threaten Chestnut Street Station with condemnation. As important as its present use is, there must be something more suitable that is possible. There is 1 rack available for 2 bicycles total. Torresdale Avenue at Cottman Avenue to Fern Rock Transportation Center. It remains Philadelphia's longest straightaway and one of the longest urban boulevards in the United States. Sun shines on Broad Street for a record-breaking 2022 Blue Cross Broad Street Run. A bus service that runs overnight on weekdays along the Broad Street Line route after the subway goes out of service. Ambassador to Ireland) was paid $157,500 to demolish the station; included in the contract was a provision the company could sell off what it could salvage. Serving Center City, West Philadelphia and Overbrook Park. Within 10 years the PRR had to add two stations North Philadelphia Station at 15th Street and Glenwood Avenue and West Philadelphia Station at 32nd and Market Streetsto augment its capacity. PRRs options for expanding Broad Street Station had now become quite limited by its proximity to its new neighbor, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and to a lesser extent by the City Parks Associations proposal to extend East and West River Drives (todays Kelly and King Drives) further to South Street, where a new bridge built across the Schuylkill River would complete a loop road system extending back to the Falls Bridge. Serving Northeast Philadelphia. One of the busiest streets in the country, Broad Street is shut down for the annual 10-mile (16km) Broad Street Run. A large clock was installed in the four-story tower in 1881, and ran until April 27, 1952. Railroads evaded the prohibition by plowing their profits into improvements that would enhance the value of their property to the stockholders, while avoiding the excess profits forfeiture. Avenue of the States: from Washington Avenue to Oregon Avenue. It seems right and natural that Furnesss fathers close friends were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman: honesty and passion are the themes of his architecture, as much as space and light., In the 1920s, the railroad made plans for a larger, more modern station, and by 1933, 30. I believe that the Royal Blue and the other B&O passenger trains to New York terminated in Jersey City at Communipaw Terminal. Route ID: 14. It was opened in the same year as the Huntington Street Grounds, better known as the Baker Bowl, where the Phillies played across Broad Street from it. Its route is now used for high speed double stack container service. Route ID: 16. Route ID: 12. Sundae Best: A History of Soda Fountains, Anne Cooper Funderburg wrote, At the turn of the century, virtually all soda fountains were wall models that is, the back of the apparatus sat flush against a wall. WebThe Broad Street Line (BSL) is also known as the Broad Street Subway (BSS), the Orange Line, and the Broad Line . per night. This writers parents, for example, were engaged to be married in the stations waiting room. Several SEPTA City Bus routes run along Broad Street, with Routes 4 and 16 following Broad Street for most of their routes. The nearby Ford plant relocated to a waterfront location in Chester. Route ID: 8. The station would be connected by multiple tracks to the Pennsylvania Railroad station located in West Philadelphia, across the Schuylkill River, Broad Street Station was officially opened on December 5, 1881, Triumph III: Philadelphia Terminal 1838-2000. Denlinger says it's powered by a battery for a lady's wristwatch. (One a personal note, my mother, Anna Caroulis, had a job in downtown Philadelphia after WWII, and she and co-workers would walk via underground tunnels to have lunch at the Savarin. Serving Center City. View details, map and photos of this condo property with 2 bedrooms and 2 total baths. WebBroad Street Line Route ID: BSL The Broad Street Line local, serving all stops. The South Philadelphia Sports Complex, near Broad's south end along Southern Boulevard Parkway, is the site of Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field, and the Wells Fargo Center. With the progression of the Industrial Revolution Philadelphia became a center for trade and commerce. (Incidentally, the clock in the sculpture on Broad Street Station was illuminated at night. Olmsted wanted to create a place that took advantage of the best characteristics that the city and the country had to offer. Surprisingly, the station was used for two more decades before finally closing on April 27, 1952. A Night Owl Service route, continuing to operate after midnight. Five years later, the station was gone, and only a Pennsylvania Historical Marker at 15th and Market Streets and a few surviving artifacts prove it existed. Pier 70 Boulevard to 33rd Street at Dickinson Street. For those who wished to make a phone call, Bell Telephone had several operators at a counter. A customer would write down the number they wished to call and give it to a supervisor, who passed it to a switchboard operator. Broad Street Station was made of brick and terra cotta, and its Gothic quality was reminiscent of medieval castles, complete with spires. Phone: (215) 580-7800 South Broad became center for the fine arts with the establishment of the Academy of Music in 1857. The track layout included four main line trackstwo outbound and two inbound served by two low intermediate platforms long enough for a train of 12 passenger coaches, a rare occurrence on the Reading. This was probably around 1948 or so., Five years later, the station was gone, and only a Pennsylvania Historical Marker at 15. and Market Streets and a few surviving artifacts prove it existed. It would be the centerpiece of a series of projects known to the PRR collectively as the Philadelphia Improvements, among them Suburban Station. About 20 hours later, ceremonies began to mark the end of the station. 1996 was an auspicious year for the old station building when it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and acquired by Volunteers of America who undertook a $8.3 renovation creating 108 housing units, originally for people transitioning out of homeless shelters. The B&O intently observed its rivals maneuvers and began making plans of its own. Penns Landing to 69th Street Transportation Center. [Railroad], Philadelphia, Pa. Photo, Print, Drawing [Philadelphia, Pa., Chestnut St., west from 12th] Photo, Print, Drawing Broad St., Philadelphia You might also like Book/Printed Material The official street directory for the city of Philadelphia Book/Printed Material The Route 4 bus follows Broad Street from Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia north to Rising Sun Avenue in North Philadelphia, where it diverges to the east to head to the Fern Rock Transportation Center. It was demolished in 1953. CNJ essentially ran shuttle service through Elizabeth to Broad St. in Newark (the viaduct over the PRR [Amtrak NEC] still stands). ft. condo is a 3 bed, 3.0 bath unit. Serving Lawndale and East Mt. The B&O came in a poor second to the PRR because it did not have direct single seat access to Manhattan like the PRRs tunnel-served Penn Station, although it tried to compensate with superior service amenities on its Royal Blue Line trains. [5], At the turn of the 20th century, Broad Street transformed from a bustling boulevard to a cultural magnet for music and the arts. The first Innovation was installed in J.W. Within two years, the Pennsylvania Railroad started drawing up an ambitious plan, referred to as the Philadelphia Improvements, that called for the construction of 30 In the main lobby was a huge map of Pennsylvania, showing the PRR's tracks across the state. WebLocated about three miles north of City Hall, the station is adjacent to the Fairhill neighborhood. Penn intended that the center square would eventually be home to Philadelphia's City Hall. TDD/TTY: (215) 580-7853. Required fields are marked *. Try our Trip-Planning Tools and Popular Links for more travel resources. This was far more ornamental embellishment than the Reading had provided its signature Reading Terminal on Market Street. Probably the most challenging part was finding materials that reasonably represented the various architectural shapes, said Denlinger, who retired after working 30 years for Verizon. During the Phillies 2008 World Series victory parade, an estimated 2 million people lined Broad Street. (function() {var phplive_e_1497314496 = document.createElement("script"); phplive_e_1497314496.type = "text/javascript"; phplive_e_1497314496.async = true; phplive_e_1497314496.src = "https://customerservice.septa.org/chat/js/phplive_v2.js.php?v=0|1497314496|2|"; document.getElementById("phplive_btn_1497314496").appendChild( phplive_e_1497314496 );})(); Copyright 2023 SEPTA. The number of tracks was increased to 16. | Image courtesy of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. See our copyright and trademark notices. There is no parking lot at this location. Serving Center City and West Philadelphia. Enter a word that appears in the name or description. In 1904, a plan for a Park and Parkway Improvements in South Philadelphia began with Samuel Parsons Jr. laying out a design, but work stopped by 1910. Penns Landing to 20th Street at Johnston Street and Broad Street at Pattison Avenue. The increasing volume of rail passengers in the late 1800s required railroads to find efficient ways of delivering passengers to their destinations. City Hall to 76th Street at City Avenue. The stops are listed in their order on this route. p. 5. All the syrup pumps and soda drafts were attached to the counter, where customers sat.. WebAmtrak/SEPTA Station. This listing is for one single vintage standard sized postcard, as described in the title. [3] Baldwin's company was one of the biggest steam locomotive producers before the transition to diesel powered trains. On the streets outside the station are trolleys and pedestrians (which would have been a daily sight during the station's existence). North Broad Street Station at Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue. The train rode to 30. The Readings answer was North Broad Street Station. In July, 1925, the PRR and the City entered into a terminal agreement defining the scope of these improvements and assigning responsibilities for their implementation with the City on the hook for highway access infrastructure like bridge construction. As much as I have studied railroading in Philadelphia, I never came across this magnificent building. Today it functions as a halfway house for prisoners nearing the end of their sentences. Philadelphia, PA 19107 Other eating and drinking establishments were a diner-type restaurant, and a small bar called A Hole in the Wall. There was a tailor shop where travelers could have clothes repaired and train porters had their uniforms mended. 2001-2020 City of Philadelphia. Itwas built next to the new City Hall on Centre Square at the epicenter of Philadelphias fast growing down town. Where Broad Street intersects with Clearfield Street in North Philadelphia is the exact location of the 40th Parallel. The Reading hired Horace Trumbauer, Philadelphias go-to Gilded Age architect, to design the station in the Neoclassical style like its competitor. WebBroad Street Station was the site of a catastrophic fire in the early morning hours of June 11, 1923. Because tunnels were not ideal for steam-powered trains, and street-level tracks were potentially dangerous, the railroad built a two-story, 2,000-foot long, 55-foot wide viaduct that led to the station. $96. Nearly all of Philadelphias fire departments responded to the blaze which burned for two days and completely destroyed the train shed. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, Address: 2693 N. Broad StreetCity: PhiladelphiaFare Zone: 1. Within a year, the station was demolished, making way for Penn Plaza and a series of high rise office buildings. It seems right and natural that Furnesss fathers close friends were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman: honesty and passion are the themes of his architecture, as much as space and light.. However, the Reading continued providing a Philadelphia-Newark passenger service from Reading Terminal, with North Broad Street remaining a stop for its Crusader and Wall Street Budd Company-built diesel-electric coaches until the advent of Conrail in 1976. See the list in reverse trip order. Edward W. Duffy is the author of "Philadelphia: A Railroad History" (Camino Books, 2013) and "Philadelphia Celebrates: Three Great Anniversaries - 1876-1926-1976" (Camino Books, 2017). All the syrup pumps and soda drafts were attached to the counter, where customers sat.. Jon Caroulis is a freelance writer who has frequently written on historical topics. Southern Boulevard Parkway is a landscaped segment of south Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania connecting Marconi Plaza and FDR Park from Oregon Avenue at Broad Street southward five intersections to the gateway entrance of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Tags:Adaptive Reuse North Philadelphia railroad history. TDD/TTY: (215) 580-7853. Denlinger isn't finished with the model. In 1903, the American Soda Foundation Company introduced the first modern counter-service fountain called the Innovation. [4] Social life dominated the street during the second half of the 19th century. 33rd Street at Cecil B. Moore Avenue to Frankford Transportation Center. Serving Center City and South Philadelphia, as well as the Navy Yard on weekends A Night Owl Service route, continuing to operate after midnight. It was installed on the exterior of the museum's front entrance and dedicated on Jan. 22, 1983. 1234 Market Street In the 1870s, the PRR's primary depot in Philadelphia was at 32, and Market Streets, but it wanted a venue closer to the center of the city. The steel framed structure with a frontage of 180 feet to a depth of 100 feet rose a maximum of 50 feet above the grade of Broad Street. One of the most passionate of the station's fans is Chuck Denlinger. Open green areas, parking, and huge exposition buildings flanked the Boulevard lined with linden trees and flowering crab apple trees, individual obelisks as the 13 columns for each of the original colony States known as the "Founders Pylons", various standards, banners and a huge 80 foot high 27 ton replica of the Liberty Bell at the gateway of Oregon Plaza. Its trackside elevation was marked by a broad marquee of ornamental iron extending over the walkway leading to the back two entrances to the station. It enjoyed seasonal baseball traffic, luckily opening just in time for the thousands of fans who attended the 1929 World Series, which featured the Athletics versus the Chicago Cubs. It was nicknamed The Chinese Wall. The station opened in December 1881, at a cost of Broad Street Station: 1881-1952 by Harry Albrecht. The south end of the station was occupied by a lunch room and restaurant, and the stations north end contained a barber shop, smoking room, and lavatories. The train rode to 30th Street Station, then on to the PRR's North Broad Street Station, the last stop of the last train to mark the end of the station's service. WebStation House Transitional Shelter Philadelphia 2601 N Broad St Philadelphia, PA 19132 (215) 225-9230 Visit WebsiteGo to Facebook Class of Housing/Services:Centralized Homeless Intake for single men, after 5pm. Serving Northeast Philadelphia as well as Parx Casino in evenings. WebGeorge Brooke Roberts, the fifth president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (188097), oversaw construction of the Broad Street Station. Nearby non-SEPTA parking may be available through other transit services, municipalities, private owners, or streetside. [2] Albrecht, Harry P. [1972] (1976). Thomas Holme introduced the first geographical plan of the city to William Penn in 1687. Nearby non-SEPTA parking may be available through other transit services, municipalities, private owners, or streetside. Broad Street Station as a symbol of power. No traces of this name exist in this area today and it is merely referred to as part of Broad Street. Application Process: Please call for information. Within two years, the Pennsylvania Railroad started drawing up an ambitious plan, referred to as the Philadelphia Improvements, that called for the construction of 30th Street Station as the railroads main passenger station in Philadelphia, replacing the West Philadelphia station11. He saw a book about the station, and began making a model of it. While intercity travel today primarily involves the automobile or airplane, a century ago the passenger train represented the principal mode of long distance travel. Broad Street's biggest addition came with the construction of City Hall intersecting Broad and Market. The Reading Railroad's main depot, only a few blocks from Broad Street Station, had a 300-foot wide shed, and the PRR wanted to surpass it. In Sundae Best: A History of Soda Fountains, Anne Cooper Funderburg wrote, At the turn of the century, virtually all soda fountains were wall models that is, the back of the apparatus sat flush against a wall. Banks and offices grew in number around center city as well as high rise structures. , wrote how Furness' concepts were intensely powerful, sometimes almost deliberately perverse, full of unexpected juxtapositions of the gentle and the tough, the big and the small, the refined and the raw. Undated floor plans were used as a guide for that interior, which has been added. About 160 trains passed through the station, and by 1886 a million passengers a month were using it (in addition to national routes, the PRR offered regional rail lines from Philadelphia's suburbs to the station). The station opened in December 1881, at a cost of $4,272,268.53, according to Broad Street Station: 1881-1952 by Harry Albrecht. One runner broke a course record. Also weekends and holidays. Southampton and Rockledge to Frankford Transporation Center. Route ID: 6. Serving University City and West Philadelphia. Penns Landing to 23rd Street at Venango Street. WebThe cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Broad Street Station costs only 501, and the quickest way takes just 10 hours. Broad Street at Carpenter Street to Ridge Avenue at Lyceum Avenue. Denlinger added minute detail: a Bitter sculpture over an entrance, Faith, Hope and Charity surrounding a clock, is visible. Oxford Valley and Neshaminy Mall to Frankford Transportation Center. WebFind your new home at 1236 Broad St located at 1236 Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19146. Route ID: 22. Serving Center City and | Image courtesy Print and Picture Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia. It runs for major events at the Sports Complex in South Philadelphia. Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania: Harry P. Albrecht. Route ID: 33. [3] Underkofler, Allen P (1987). The genesis of the station near Lehigh Avenue, officially named North Broad Street Station by the Reading, oddly enough has its origins in the City of Philadelphias creation of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Parkways impact on plans by the PRR to expand Broad Street Station. As a result, the Philadelphia Flyers are nicknamed the "Broad Street Bullies". Philadelphia sat at the nexus of the railroads two most important routes New York to Washington (todays Amtrak Northeast Corridor) and Philadelphia to the Midwest (Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Detroit). Broad Street at Pattison Avenue to Fern Rock Transportation Center. Broad Street is a major arterial street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The street runs for approximately 13 miles (21 km), beginning at the intersection of Cheltenham Avenue on the border of Cheltenham Township and the West / East Oak Lane neighborhoods of North Philadelphia to the Philadelphia Navy Yard in South Philadelphia. Broad Street Station was built in 1881 and designed by Frank Furness. Jazz and gospel gained popularity at the grassroots level due primarily to the Great Migration of the early 1900s. Route ID: 27. It became known as the Baker Bowl after a Phillies owner. This was probably around 1948 or so.. On Tuesday, two men were shot WebBroad Street Station, Philadelphia., Pa (NYPL b12647398-74179) Postcard series number: 71043 1913-1918, issued through 1930. The 1881 building had so much detail that I wanted to represent that as built. I don't think I'm exaggerating, it was a temple of transportation., Preston Thayer in The Railroad Designs of Frank Furness, wrote how Furness' concepts were intensely powerful, sometimes almost deliberately perverse, full of unexpected juxtapositions of the gentle and the tough, the big and the small, the refined and the raw. Along this section of Broad Street fly the flags of all 50 states in the US. Id love to hear an orchestra playing there. Serving Olney Transportation Center. [9], Broad Street is home to several Philadelphia cultural landmarks. This listing is for one single vintage standard sized postcard, While that clock doesn't work, the one he has in the station's tower does. With $100 million in public funds Broad has received new lighting and streetscaping, restored theaters as well as new restaurants and cafes. Over 27,000 runners returned to Broad Street for the 42nd annual Blue Cross Broad Street Run. The parkway consists of the central median landscaped area including the bordering east and west tree lined sidewalks and various sized green spaces which separates opposing lanes of traffic, and roadway intersections. Penn intended that the center square would eventually be home to Philadelphia's City Hall. The station continued to function as a railroad stop, accessed by the buildings driveway. Each platform had a 50-foot-long glass-enclosed waiting room, accessed by a passenger tunnel extending under the tracks and back to the station. Set back 22 feet from the street, the station presented a facade of Indiana limestone set on a Milford pink granite base, with a colonnade of 12 Doric columns 30 feet high holding a narrow portico leading to the main entrance. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}395703N 750950W / 39.950827N 75.163968W / 39.950827; -75.163968, This article is about the section of Pennsylvania Route 611 in Philadelphia. WebCANADA - note that I am on the Canadian side of Buffalo NY. Serving Center City, Manayunk and Roxborough. Ft. Melrose Court Apartments | 7340 Old York Rd, Elkins Park, PA 19027. The customer would go to a phone booth, and when their party was on the line, the operator would connect them. Date of photos unknown. Also weekends and The northwest corner was already taken by the Inquirers Elverson Building. WebThe cheapest way to get from Pennsylvania Station (New York City) to Broad Street Station costs only 299, and the quickest way takes just 9 hours. Broad Street runs along a northsouth axis between 13th Street and 15th Street, containing what would otherwise be known as 14th Street in the Philadelphia grid plan. Stoever's pharmacy in the Broad Street railway station in Philadelphia. Route ID: BSL. Aboard the last train from the station rode the Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Eugene Ormandy conducting a rendition of Auld Lange Syne12. It hired the architectural firm Wilson Brothers to design a station with accompanying tracks. Denlinger used a wealth of photos of the station's exterior to construct the model, built mostly at 1/160th scale. In its heyday, the PRR operated 5,000 trains a day, he said. Route ID: 15. One of the most important features inside the station was the Savarin Restaurant, one of the better dining options in center city Philadelphia for many years. The subway starts at the Fern Rock Transportation Center in the Fern Rock neighborhood in North Philadelphia and begins to follow Broad Street at the Olney Transportation Center, extending south through Center City to NRG station at Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia. Route ID: 18. Female 1st prize winner Sara Naibei set a new course record of 52 minutes and 4 seconds. The answer lies in a curious piece of legislation, the 1920 Transportation Act. Airy. Philadelphia Mills to Frankford Transportation Center. Web301 S Broad St Unit 901, Philadelphia, PA 19107 is a condo unit listed for-sale at $1,985,000. An estimated 30,000 truckloads of rubble were carted to South Philadelphia and used to lay the foundation for a pier. was built behind it.). It hired the architectural firm Wilson Brothers to design a station with accompanying tracks. Sales Office Hours There is no sales office Cheltenham Avenue at Ogontz Avenue to Olney Transportation Center. Serving Society Hill and Kingsessing. NRG Station to Fern Rock Transportation Center. The clock was donated to the Railroad Museum in 1982. One of the largest and busiest trains stations in the country, Broad Street Station was also headquarters of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), which was one of the world's largest corporations, with more than 200,000 employees. While that clock doesn't work, the one he has in the station's tower does. The area around it was industrialized with a major Ford Motor Company plant on Lehigh Avenue and various printing businesses nearby, as well a National League baseball stadium across the street, which had opened for the Phillies 1887 season. 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