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Markley Place
Markley Place is a short alley west of North 5th Street, behind Centenary-Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church; the 1891 Sanborn Map shows it as Burr Alley, named for John Burr's box factory.
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Markley Place
News Articles
Little Known City Streets Revealed as Safety Havens For Myriads of Children
A September 15, 1932 Camden Courier-Post feature by E. Allen Hughes on ten obscure Camden "places" — dead-end courts such as Judson, Girard, Bella and Rex Place that had quietly become safe play-spaces for neighborhood children.
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Ten Buildings Ordered Down for Postoffice
The contract to clear ten buildings, including the old Temple building, from the site of Camden's new $1,100,000 postoffice and Federal building at the northeast corner of Fourth and Market streets went to Fidelity Builders, Inc., of Philadelphia, lowest of 13 bidders at $2583.