Sulfur Baths

The Sulfur Bathhouse  opened July 1, 1927. It is located in the center of a Little Town in a Historic District. It offered sulfur baths, massages and mud treatments to relieve pain and as a cure for a variety of illnesses. As many as 5000 treatments could be given in a single day. Up until a few years ago it was still open during the summer. Although in advanced deterioration today, one of the original 1876 bath-houses remain, the other having been demolished in the early 1960’s. The architectural historic integrity of the remaining bath is remarkably intact with most of its tubs and oiled hardwood walls.

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That Other 70's Hotel

That Other 70's Hotel was primarily a long-term hotel, rooms were rented by the week. Except for the tiny economy rooms on the top floor, every room came with a kitchen across the hall. Guests of the hotel would be given keys to both. There was some light evening entertainment offered at the Hotel, noted Ukrainian dance musician Michael Skorr performed there for 18 consecutive summers. However, many guests would opt to head over to the Larger Sister Hotel for the more elaborate comedy shows and vaudeville acts featured over there. Like the The Larger Sister Hotel, That Other 70's Hotel shuttered its doors after the 2004 season, its fate remains in the air.

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Newark Street Jail

 

 In Newark stands the rapidly deteriorating symbol of a bygone era. The Old Essex County Jail Complex, also known as the Newark Street Jail, is the county's oldest public building. It was built 1837 along the banks of the newly constructed Morris Canal to house both county and city lawbreakers.
Original plan for the Essex County Jail called for a two-story square building along New Street, with a wing of cells along Wilsey Street. Both were built using brick and local brownstone. They were placed on an acre and a half of property situated in an almost campus like setting.
Today the Essex County Jail remains abandoned and derelict, home to only the occasional drug dealer or vagrant. Although it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, no efforts have been made to preserve it. Essex County seems to be practicing "demolition by neglect," or in other words, waiting for the remaining structures to burn or collapse so they can redevelop the site. Even in its present state, however, one can be still be drawn to the unique and picturesque 19th century buildings in the middle of a modern 21st century city.

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PS#12

In the late 1980’s, the School District of Philadelphia shut down PS#12 which is located in a neighborhood of North Philadelphia. The school was briefly run by the Pan-African Studies Community Education Program (PASCEP) which offered things like daycare, GEDs, and adult education. Since then, the building stands there, covered in graffiti with many broken windows, looming over the nearby Richard Allen Projects.

 

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PS#8

 

 THE HISTORY:
As one of the oldest high schools in Philadelphia, the original Thomas A. Edison High School building was opened in 1890 as the all male Northeast Manual Training High School located at 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue. Eventually the school became Northeast High School in 1905 when the Northeast Manual Training High School moved to a new location and changed its name to Northeast High School for Boys. The auditorium was added in 1916 and in 1936 vocational education shops and many regular classrooms were added to the original building. Later, the school was named the Julia De Burgos Bilingual Magnet Middle School after the famous poet.

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