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LIT BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE COMPLEX 701-739 MARKET STREET 720 ARCH STREET 721-725 FILBERT STREET

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Source address
Lit Brothers Department Store Complex, 701-739 Market Street, 720 Arch Street, 721-725 Filbert Street

Decision timeline

Decisions, votes, testimony, and links back to source minutes.

  1. Demolition reviewDenied
    Vote tally
    Unanimous
    Criteria cited
    Certified by Philadelphia Historical Commission in June 1970One of the finest collections of 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings in the city
    Source minutes
    Votes and testimony

    Votes

    • Allen J. Beckmanyes
    • F. Otto Haasyes
    • Henry J. Magazineryes
    • Herbert W. Levyyes
    • John Dickeyyes
    • Penelope H. Batcheleryes
    • Theodore T. Bartley, Jr.yes

    Testimony

    • Charles Robbneutral, person
    • Claude Gittingersupport, person
    • Eleanor Gesenswayoppose, person
    • Ellen Milleroppose, person
    • Leslie M. Galleryneutral, person
    • Let Lits Live Coalitionoppose, organization