Philadelphia, PA: Reading North Broad Street and Pennsy North Philadelphia Stations

Reading: (Satellite, 17 photos)

Pennsy: (Satellite, 96 photos)

Reading North Broad Street Station

3D Satellite

Street View, Nov 2017

Warren Avis posted
North Philly station and Baker Bowl at Lehigh and Broad, no date nor credit. Pic from Pinterest

Bill Stephens: Before mid-1938, when the Phillies moved to Shibe Park. It looks close to that date.

Baker Bowl was torn down in 1950.

Roger Radbill: Amazing, looks like the car shops are still there.

Historic Philly posted
North Broad Street Station (1931)

Mitch Boldman commented on the above post

What a gem!

I wonder what looks like today? (Sigh)

Ephraim Lu, Mar 2023

 

Old Images of Philadelphia posted, a low resolution photo because of copyright restrictions
North Philadelphia - Aerial view including Reading Railroad - Aerial view of North Philadelphia centering on the Reading Railroad yard and the North Philadelphia Train Station. The view looks eastward from 21st and Lehigh. Shibe Park (Connie Mack Stadium) and the Baker Bowl are visible. September 1926. To view this image in better detail please click the link below. https://digital.library.temple.edu/.../p245.../id/1975/rec/2
[Reading also referred to the North Broad Street Station as North Philadelphia Station. The railyard in the foreground is Pennsy and their North Philadelphia Station is out-of-frame to the left.]

termple, digitally zoomed

This topo map labels Pennsy's North Philadelphia Station, but just marks the location of Reading's North Broad Street Station.

1949/53 Philadelphia Quad @ 24,000

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Pennsy North Philadelphia Station

Street View, Apr 2023

Old Images of Philadelphia posted, cropped

North Philadelphia Station near Broad & Glenwood Streets on May 27th, 1915.

The station was built by William Holmes Cookman (1867–1950) was an American architect who was a staff architect and engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad from about 1894 to the 1930s. Cookman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1887. He was listed in Philadelphia city directories as a salesman or an artist from 1887 to 1890, and from 1891 to 1893 as a draftsman. From 1894 through 1930 he was listed as an architect. He began working for the Pennsylvania Railroad by 1901. He became a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1912. Cookman was a member of the American Railway Engineering Association, and served on the Association's Standing Committee VI. Buildings in 1914.

Image source: Temple University Archives.

Ed Johnson shared

The tracks are accessed using a subway under the tracks and an escalator and stairs up to a platform that is between the tracks. 

Ranya, Sep 2022

Taheer Seldon, Jun 2017