Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-21
CITY LIFE SPREADS
RAPIDLY ON GOTH ST.
AND BALTIMORE AVE.
Suburban Conditions Lose
Ground in Section to Resi-
dences-New Sire e t S
Filled With Homes.

one of the most -apid changes Of Il
section Of Philadelphia from suburban
to city conditions noted recently has been
going on in the 46th Ward, In the Bal
timore avenue section. at Goth street.
This was largely brought about by tho
activity of builders along Goth street,
which from Market south is an active
business thoroughfare, local trade hav-
ing developed to a marked extent. How
ever, when Catharine street 800 south)
is reached, stores give place to attrac-
tive two-story dwellings. with porches
and terraces, which extend until Cobb's
Creek Parkway is reached.
This fine boulevard, 100 feet wide. runs
south from Market street. taking the
place of 63d street, until II reaches
Washington avenue. Here II makes a
graceful curve. and at 62d street takes
the place OF Federal street, running east
until 1t intersects with Baltimore avenue
Along the north side from Goth street
to seth, a fine row of two-story brick
porch front dwellings with heavy porch
pillars and terraces are now about An
shed, and a number are also nearly fin
ished on the east side of Goth street north
Of Cobbs Creek Parkway.
The street is being graded, and will
soon be opened. In the triangle bounded
by this street and Baltimore avenue, east
OF 6Oth street, very little now remains
in acreage, the streets being opened and
graded. Practically all south of Christian
street less than five years ago was farm
land and belonged to F. S. Elliott, Ber-
nard McMackin, George Lorenz and
others.
Active, however, as this part has been,
It has been surpassed by the west side
of Goth street. Nearly the whole tract was
owned by the Sellers Hoffman estate,
from Christian. street to Baltimore ave-
nue., and from 60th street to the curving
line of Cobbs Creek. the city boundary.
Early last spring Ramsey Brothers be-
gan to build on Millick street, running
north from Baltimore avenue near An
CORA Station. Thirty-eight dwellings were
finished and are all occupied. on Edge
mont street. a parallel street, 90 more
dwellings are now going up,
10 are up to the first story, the rest
under roof, while the same builder has
eight dwellings, on 60th street and three |
stores on Baltimore avenue.
Moss & Taylor have a fine row of two
story. porch front dwelling on Latona /
avenue from 60th to 61st street being
the first street north of Wharton street
The asphalt company is also busy with
the roadway.
The large mills of the Lyon Yarn Com
pany occupy the southwest side of Bal
timore avenue at this point, so in going
further south the scene of building
activities is likely to shift to a point
,urther east There is some available
acreage on the east side of 5Sth street.
The rim of the city's buit-up section
It this point in the 46th Ward has driven
ut even semisuburban conditions
CRoss-TowN TRoLLEYs
1t is easily seen that the opening up
" the above section is in a great de-
'ree due to the good car service on Goth
treer' and the building up Of that very
important street to its entire length. The
anne can be said of SD street trollevs.
which may some day extend along that
horoughfare to cover the section south
rest of Baltimore avenue. where citv
evelopment is going over the old grounds
+ the Aronimink Golf Club. instead of
ding along Baltimore avenue to 18th
treet and on to PaschalI avenue.
A section greatly needing transporta-
on is the stretch of the city living be-
"een 10th and SD streets, which has only
ne slight relief of the Spruce street line
hich covers 45th street from, Chestnut ,
spruce. II is hard to move quickly
etween points and the result is shown
the large tracts of undeveloped land 7
- - une Hom baltimore avenue to Mar Z
st street on 18th street reaching a sta
on on the Market street elevated or
18th street. would show wonderful I
suits along all real estate lines. Five
six years ago such a line was GER q
.inly under consideration by the Rapid n
raHSit COMPANY and since that date its ?
sed has greatly increased. I
NOTES ON THE STREET
Building societies have been extremely a
tive, their loans lately being doubIa a
e amount of mortgages made TO trust e
mpanies. This. however. does not in
lde loans made to builders. which are
lde in bulk, the mortgages appearing
ter The announcement that $50 two II
Dry brick buildings are TO 90 IN A. n
n and Butler streets would indicate Il
at trust companies and banks were 40 Is
'e along these lines, o.
locust street, from West Rittspbors. II
uare to 22d street, has been relaia u,t,b
phalt, 1t is a distinct improvsn.,,+
a me residence section. TWsntiatb in
'eet also has been relaid al this noir, m
he weather is all that could hs visa n
outdoor work, and is being TAXI 60
' tsI'ase an GI all over the city and out