This building has had many incarnations, starting as a YWCA in 1892. It was almost destroyed by a fire in 2006. It's been a hotel, a nightclub called the Taboo Room, and a flophouse called the Midston. It is now being developed as luxury apartments. See Inga Saffron's column in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/18/16, at pp. H18, 19.
Publication date | Jun 24, 2018 |
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This building has had many incarnations, starting as a YWCA in 1892. It was almost destroyed by a fire in 2006. It's been a hotel, a nightclub called the Taboo Room, and a flophouse called the Midston. It is now being developed as luxury apartments. See Inga Saffron's column in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/18/16, at pp. H18, 19.