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Good Eye: Mansion District

Mention the "Mansion District" to many Philadelphians, and they will assume you're talking about Rittenhouse Square or Chestnut Hill. The city's official Mansion District can actually be found in North Philadelphia, just a block below Temple University.

North Broad Street's Mansion District: A row of great, but sadly neglected, houses in the midst of Temple's campus.Temple's growth should be an opportunity to make these buildings shine.
North Broad Street's Mansion District: A row of great, but sadly neglected, houses in the midst of Temple's campus.Temple's growth should be an opportunity to make these buildings shine.Read moreCLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer
    by Inga Saffron, Inquirer Architecture Critic
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