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Hotel Flanders: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 9:28pm.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1905. "Hotel Flanders." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Not The Union League Building
Submitted by stkitoch on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 12:51am.
That's not The Union League Building behind the hotel. It was, at the time, the 5th District Police Station.
From head to toe
Submitted by Mattie on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 1:44am.
Chiropody, Manicuring and Hair Dressing - that about covers it all.
Victorian Down the Street
Submitted by Jay H on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 10:25pm.
Below is a shot of the Victorian that Downer mentions in a previous post. You can see it peeking out further down the street past the Flanders. Neat building!
However, just down the block
Submitted by Mudhooks on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 3:40pm.
215 (South) Walnut is still there, now an Applebee's.
As always...
Submitted by Emil Blatz on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 1:56pm.
A tip pf the Hatlo hat to Shorpy. The architecture of this era was so richly detailed - you could spend 8-10 minutes examining that photo. At the same time you could imagine how incredibly expensive it would be to maintain, if it had been preserved. All that ornate masonry, in a freeze/thaw climate zone. Fuggetaboutit - there are not enough tuck-pointers in existence to keep such a structure in good form.
Hotel Flanders
Submitted by Troy1288 on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 12:12pm.
A review from many years ago rated it as "okely-dokely."
Miss Dimond
Submitted by Mr Mel on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 10:48am.
I wonder what she was selling? Dresses, millinery, possibly foretelling the future? Also the plaque to the left of her window shows a Cross on what could be a coffin, I'm pretty sure that was part of the architectural ornamentation. I tried Googling the image but couldn't find an exact match.
Bank of America
Submitted by Downer on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 10:34am.
Just another modern building at the location. It looks as thought the building next to the old Flanders on Walnut is still in place, but with its front drastically altered. Not in the street view, the old Victorian - I think it's a Victorian - with the gabled roof, on 15th is, thankfully, still present.
Here's the Skinny -
Submitted by bigguy1960 on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 9:34am.
Nine stories tall and no wider than a two car garage - I'm surprised a strong wind didn't knock it over!
Later known as
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 9:15am.
The Hi-Diddley-Hotel Flanders.
No Trace Left
Submitted by Duane Swierczynski on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 9:08am.
Wow, what a photo. I used to work in a building at the southwest corner of 15th and Walnut (the current home of Stephen Starr's Butcher & Singer, which is the former home of Striped Bass, as seen in the "The Sixth Sense." From what I can gather, the Hotel Flanders used to be on the southeast corner of 15th and Walnut, with the main entrance on 15th.
12th & Spruce!
Submitted by MikeLynchPhoto.com on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 11:34pm.
Still there!
[The skinny building at 12th and Spruce is not the same as the one in our photo. - Dave]
No Mo' Hotel
Submitted by Flababo on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:59pm.
The hotel, at 15th and Walnut, was demolished long ago, as has much of old Center City. The Union League Building, the Second Empire style building seen behind the hotel, still stands, at least.
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