Hi-Story: Workshop of the World Photos

Stop 1 Powell House.

Third Street from Spruce, looking North in 1800. Powell House is on the right of the image, between the trees. From the book: Birch's Views of Philadelphia, 1982. Plate 18.

The Powell House in 1903. In the house on the left, demolished in 1932, lived Wolf Klebansky with the wife. From the book: Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1976. Pg. 51.

Stop 2 3rd Street.

3rd Street in 1908. This picture was taken just south of Market Street, looking south. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Water Department.

3rd Steet and Walnut in 1913. Courtesy of the Department of Records of the City of Philadelphia.

44-46 South 3rd Street in 1908. Courtesy of the Department of Records of the City of Philadelphia.

North side of Chestnut Street, between 2nd Street and 3rd Street 1842-1845.Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Stop 3 Dock Street.

Dock Street in 1908. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Merchant's Exchange in 1835. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Merchant's exchange in 1939. Courtesy of the Historic American Buildings Survey.

Stafford Tavern in 1961. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Department of Records.

Aerial view of Dock Street in 1962. The development started already the demolishing and the Merchant's Exchange's tower is under reconstruction. Just above the tower it is visible the place of the old City Tavern as a discoloring of the grass. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

From the Book I.M. Pei and Society Hill: a 40th Anniversary Celebration.

Stop 4 Korean War Memorial-Urban Renewal.

VIDEO Urban Renewal: The Remaking of Society Hill from Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Aerial view of Society Hill before the Urban Renewal in 1950. Courtesy of the Special Collection, Temple University.

Aerial view of Society Hill 1961. Dock Street's cobblestones are being laid down. Powell House is in the top left of the picture, behind the Episcopal Community Services. Courtesy of the Special Collection, Temple University.

Aerial view of Society Hill in 1965. The Pier 4 is being demolished. The three Society Hill Towers are in the top right. Courtesy of the Special Collection, Temple University.

Aerial view of Society Hill in 1965. Powell House is nearby the right side of the picture, the one at the left of the small parking between the houses. Courtesy of the Special Collection, Temple University.

The plan for the Society Hill Urban Renewal in 1957. Lombard Street was supposed to be an expressway as Delaware avenue at the time, but this part of the plan was eventually dismissed. Courtesy of the Special Collection, Temple University.

From the Book I.M. Pei and Society Hill: a 40th Anniversary Celebration.

The start of the building of the Three Towers. Probably 1962. The Powell House is in the red Circle. Screenshot from the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPuqgOyu8iU

Stop 5 Docks-Delaware.

Bird's Eye view of Philadelphia, 1840. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Delaware avenue from Chestnut looking South in 1900. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Department of Records.

Delaware Avenue from Market looking South. The photo is cataloged as 1900, but the presence of the elevated railway indicates that it is after 1908. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Delaware avenue south of Walnut in 1899 prior of the widening. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Department of Records.

Dock Street Pier in 1914. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Department of Records.

The end of the elevated railway at South Street. The photo is cataloged as 1900, but the presence of the elevated railway indicates that it is after 1908. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Stop 6 Bayuk Cigar Factory.