An Enigma on Allegheny Avenue is in it for the Long Haul

Jan 6, 2015

PHILADELPHIA, PA. (JAN. 6, 2015) – I have passed by the U-Haul storage facility at 747 West Allegheny Avenue on SEPTA’s Trenton Line many times.

It has all of the exterior trappings of an old movie house – the building’s oblong shape and the whimsical brick work on its façade …

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