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Two-story red brick corner building at 1176 Mount Vernon Street with people seated at a table out front.
Streets

Louis Street

Louis Street runs between Haddon Avenue and Mount Ephraim Avenue, from Mount Vernon Street south to Sheridan Street. Primarily residential with many corner businesses, it passes Whitman Park and was devastated by the crack epidemic of the 1980s.

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Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, August 3, 1913: Camden Gang Fighters Are Held for Trial after a riot at Louis and Sycamore.
News Articles

Camden Gang Fighters Are Held for Trial

A fight between rival gangs at Louis and Sycamore streets in August 1913 drew about fifty participants; several men were held in bail or jailed for disorderly conduct, and Policeman Cornog lost his badge in the melee.

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