Church For Sale On Spring Garden Street In Philadelphia Filmed On 12-4-2010

I was in Philadelphia on Saturday, December 4, 2010. I had extra time on the meter so I decided to walk up Spring Garden Street. The intersecting streets are numbered (aka named with numbers) and as those numbers ascended, the city looked worse and worse (dirt, trash on the streets, graffiti, etc). I saw an under-dwelling (a walkway under a bridge that may not even be in use anymore) leading to what almost looked like entering another world ... a filthy world. A church with a double-spire a couple of blocks ahead caught my eye. I initially got interested in church architecture due to my trips to Germany and since returning home, I began to notice and take a greater interest in the churches in the USA too. As I approached the old church, I saw a realtor's sale sign on its facade. I do not recall ever seeing a sale sign on a church. I also observed the broken window on the second floor, piles of garbage in the front and the boarded-up entrance. A shame because this is a really nice-looking church. Neo-Gothic Architecture. Likely 19th century. I actually want to contact the seller to see what the church costs.

Note: This may have been near 11th street.

Here is a link with photos of the Church: http://michaeltheresearcher.blogspot.com/2010/12/philadelphia-church-for-sale...

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[FantasiaDelight]

notice how Many many churches have closed? they're false.

[MichaelTheResearcher]

@FantasiaDelight I am into the architecture.

[pon58sonby]

What a wonderful church! Is the pipe organ still inside?

[MichaelTheResearcher]

@pon58sonby Hi. Thanks for the comment. According to some articles I read, the church is completely trashed inside. The person who bought it did not take care of it at all and let it rot. Really horrible because it is historic.

[wintervixen1]

That's 1131 Spring Garden Street. The Church of the Assumption. It was built in 1848 and faces demolition. I live in Pennsylvania and have been to Philly a few times. It's not my favorite city, because it is so very filthy. Last year, my friends and I went to see the Liberty Bell and Eastern State Penitentiary. After we saw the Liberty Bell, we walked not 3 blocks away from the touristy section and it started to become pretty disgusting. Such a pretty church, for such a bad part of town. :(

[MichaelTheResearcher]

@wintervixen1 Thank you for the info. I was wondering about its specific details. I figured it was 19th century Neo-Gothic. I haven't been up close to the Bell since I believe the 1980s and early 1990s, but I am near the building where it is housed quite often and I was at the Penn around 2006. By the way, I just added a link with photos of the Church (and other pics of the day).

[FantasiaDelight]

@MichaelTheResearcher it would be great for apartments.

[MichaelTheResearcher]

@wintervixen1 Yeah, as a matter of fact, I actually put that word in the tag area when I posted the video, haha.

[wintervixen1]

Have you ever heard its nickname, "Filthadelphia"?