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By Brian | Published: December 9, 2009

More Philadelphia architecture.

Posted in Cities and Planning | Also tagged art, Brian, Brian Blackmon, cities, design, Philadelphia, Philly, planning, urban, urban design, walking | Leave a comment

I’m back from Philadelphia and during my time exploring the city I noticed something really neat about the city blocks in south-eastern Center City. Most of the blocks have alleyways or dividing streets making them significantly smaller than the other…

Posted in Cities and Planning | Also tagged alleys, art, cities, design, Philadelphia, Philly, planning, urban, urban design, walking | Leave a comment

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