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[No title. Plan showing Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane property divided into 1632 house lots, with calculations for necessary cuts and fills to bring the property to regulated street grade. Probably made in conjunction with Philadelphia Housing Authority (see plan SD7th-Kirkbride3], 1940 ca.

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[No title. Plan showing Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane property divided into 1632 house lots, with calculations for necessary cuts and fills to bring the property to regulated street grade. Probably made in conjunction with Philadelphia Housing Authority (see plan SD7th-Kirkbride3]
Creator:
Not named
Date Created:
1940 ca.
Physical Format:
29 x 56 in.
Coverage:
West Philadelphia. Market St. to Haverford Avenue, 42nd St. to 49th St.
Identifier:
SD7th-Kirkbride4
Media:
Tracing
Map Features:
Shows 1632 house lots, with calculations of cubic yards of cuts and fills needed to prepare the site for construction. This plan was never executed; public housing towers were built on the eastern half of the property.
Scale:
Not noted
Source:
Philadelphia Streets Department, Survey and Designs Bureau
Image File(s)
SD7th-Kirkbride4.​jp2
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