[...]Broad Street Station opened in December, 1881. A large train shed covering the stub-ended tracks which serviced it was begun in 1892 and completed in 1893. The tracks were atop a retaining wall. The wall was known throughout Philadelphia as the “Chinese Wall” because of its resemblance to the Great Wall of China when viewed from the street below. This “Chinese Wall” divided Philadelphia across the middle, along Market Street, from 16th Street to Shock Street at the Schuylkill River, a distance of 2042 feet. Altogether, the approach was about three-quarters of a mile long and covered about 18 acres of the city's most valuable property. North-south vehicular traffic was somewhat obstructed by the low arched underpasses that penetrated the wall at each block. The wall was replaced by a subway into Suburban Station. Parts of the wall were removed in conjunction with the subway, though the remainder of the wall and Broad Street Station were not demolished until 1953 — mostly a result of the Depression and World War II.

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8/10 My house was built in that year!

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magnifient tall. Im sorry that this great build was demolished :cry:

magnificent building!!!10/10

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What a palace of a place. 10.

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Very nice and almost perfect score..9/10! Too bad it was demolished:(

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it's amazing how they demolished great buildings in US.

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it's amazing how they demolished great buildings in US.

Very true. A perfect example of was the old Penn Station in NYC.


http://www.ecfs.org/Projects/Fieldston57/sphsmeyersnyc/Preservation/penn_old_concourse.jpg



http://www.ecfs.org/Projects/Fieldston57/sphsmeyersnyc/Preservation/penn_old_mainwaiting.jpg

http://www.rblanchard.com/gallery/oldtrains/img/007a.jpg

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