Proposed unification of business buildings, showing the possibilities in architectural treatment, between cross streets in a city block, Chestnut Street between Ninth and Tenth Streets [Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic] / The Ballinger Company, architects and engineers, Philadelphia, New York.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Ballinger Company.

Contributor:

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Retail stores--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Chestnut St., between 9th & 10th Sts. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

900--Chestnut St.

Chestnut Street Unification Project (Philadelphia, Pa.)--1921.

M. Sickles & Sons (900 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Wm. H. Hoskins Co. (902-906 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

American Sales Book Co. ([908] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Library Bureau Building ([910-912] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Eastland Shoes ([914] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Williams Brown (?) ([916-918] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Bacharach's Quality Shop ([920] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

[922] Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Singer Sewing Machines ([924] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Gilbert Studios (926 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Parry Hats (928 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Niederman Shoes (930 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Child's (932 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

Chestnut St., between 9th & 10th Sts. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

900--Chestnut St.

Chestnut Street Unification Project (Philadelphia, Pa.)--1921.

M. Sickles & Sons (900 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Wm. H. Hoskins Co. (902-906 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

American Sales Book Co. ([908] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Library Bureau Building ([910-912] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Eastland Shoes ([914] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Williams Brown (?) ([916-918] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Bacharach's Quality Shop ([920] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

[922] Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Singer Sewing Machines ([924] Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Gilbert Studios (926 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Parry Hats (928 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Niederman Shoes (930 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Child's (932 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.).

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

9 photoprints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Contained In:

Ballinger Company. Architectural photographs of the work of Ballinger & Perrot, and the successor Ballinger Company.

Place of Publication:

1921.

Notes:

Ballinger log book 3, p. 13 lists photo numbers 3578-3582 & 3589. Ballinger log book 3, p. 18 lists photo nos. 3601-3602 & 3652. The 36xx photos are architectural drawings. Photo no. 3652 shows at top the proposed unification plan, while the image below appears to be the stores as they current exist. This image can be compared with the 35xx photos which sshow existing storefronts in March of 1921.

Some of the business signs on facades & in windows include the names: [1] American Sales Book Co. [2] Bacharach's Quality Shop [3] Becker's Shoes [4] Child's Diner(?) [5] Eastland Shoes [6] Gilbert Studios [7] Grassell Chemical Co. of Penna. [8] Hall's Parlors [9] Hotel Eagle [1] Lake Aero Corp. [11] Library Bureau [12] W.W. Kline, Merchant, Tailor [13] M. Levin & Co. [14] M. Sickles & Sons [15] Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. District Office [16] Niederman Shoes [17] Parry Hats [18] Philadelphia School of Filing [19] J. Prager [20] Ladies Tailor [21] Reliable Typewriter Exchange [22] Riemur Shirt Co. [23] Jean Rothfield, Hair Dressing & Manicuring [24] Singer Sewing Machine [25] Maxwell Stevenson / Henry M. Stevenson / John E. Stevenson, Law Offices [26] William Brown(?) [27] Wm. H. Hoskins Co.

Forms part of: Ballinger Company. Architectural photographs of the work of Ballinger & Perrot, and the successor Ballinger Company.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of the Ballinger Co.,