The abandoned places in Philadelphia.

At the beginning is this video, you passed the Steel Heddle Building, 2100 W. Allegheny. It is a National Landmark, and as such cannot be torn down. However, it has recently been declared an Opportunity Zone, and will be made into affordable housing. This is of interest to me, as my father worked there from right after WWII until his passing in 1971. Thanks for sharing this video.

The first of this video is where i grew up right on the corner of 15th & indiana ave my father had a bar on the corner there...as a kid i played in the train station across the lot which is not shown in the video...sadly this area went down tremendously all the building along Allegheny ave were busy back then one of them made chuck taylor sneakers you could buy them there to...this was a great video keep up the good work...stay safe

I grew up in this area of Philly. Whose fault is all this urban blight? It's a combination of factors. Companies refused to modernize. Corporations outsourcing labor. Neighborhood residents couldn't get loans to rehab property or obtain mortgages. People with means moved away due to crime. So many factors. Lots of factories and businesses are long gone. Clothing factories, auto part manufacturers, electronics, etc. Is it any wonder why we have the problems we've got? Anyone out there have any suggestions to make things better?

Enjoyed the video. Seeing all those massive industrial buildings and imagining what it was like back in the day. My grandfather worked as a welder for the Budd Corp. plant in Philly. Always loved taking taking the Septa trains through the industrial areas of N. Philly when we would visit.

interesting loved the dhip

wow😯

A lot of those abandoned buildings in the beginning are being turned into condos etc or being torn down. Thats Allegheny West and its a good area to invest in real estate

I spent a good 8 months or so working on the drawings for the Steel Heddle Factory at 21st and Allegheny (see 1:03 in). I surveyed and did the drawings for that entire complex as it was connected to two other buildings, one heavy timber four story and a one story brick infill (see 3:55). The project did not come to fruition. I pretty much knew every nook and cranny of those buildings.

Does anyone have any details on the building at 4:40 ?

Those factories once built everything from cars to trains.

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Wow, looks like Berlin Germany May 1946!

Eliminate the corporate tax for the companies and the wage tax for the employees and this place will build things once again!

Eventually these abandoned buildings are gonna be knocked down and have apartments built over.

All I can think of watching these videos with graffitied buildings is that they would be so much better having the song the message by grandmaster flash playing in the background

Looks like Russia but out towns are not abondoned

Getto city . Needs a lot of clean up and demolish old buildings

Hello greetings from Argentina, I would like to know if anyone knows which factories operated in those places, it is clear that it was once a thriving city, like many in the United States, thanks in advance, I already subscribed and I liked it

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former mayor GOODE ?? was put into charge of the gas works now i know why my gas bil is alwsy hgh evenwhen its off, then he won contracts for homeless shelters where he was givin hundreds of thousand of dollars a month fo r food for the residents yet the men got sandwiches peanut butter and donated food from local stores