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Auburn Street

Auburn Street, April 2005
Streets

Auburn Street

Auburn Street is a small street that runs from Broadway to South Sixth Street between Benson and Washington Streets. All 26 homes were seized by eminent domain and demolished in 2001.

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Historical Accounts

Reminiscing at 582 Auburn Street

Lois McCall (Teer) Seeligsohn's memoir about growing up in Parkside, joining the urban homesteading movement on Auburn Street in the 1970s, and being ultimately driven out by city corruption and eminent domain.

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Philadelphia Inquirer, April 9, 1912 — dog bites send two to Cooper Hospital, 564 Auburn Street
News Articles

Dog Bites Send Two to Cooper Hospital

Dogs sent George Farmer, 46 years old, of 978 Woodland Avenue, and George Zimmerman, 5 years old, of 564 Auburn Street, to Cooper Hospital. Farmer was bitten on the arm, while the boy had his wrist torn.

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Philadelphia Inquirer, September 26, 1907 — Blackened the Faces of Bride and Groom, 584 Auburn Street
News Articles

Blackened the Faces of Bride and Groom

Members of the Alpha Club hazed two fellow members who married, including Charles M. Alcott Jr. of 584 Auburn Street. The club blackened the faces of the newlyweds on their return from their wedding tours.

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