![]() For historic photos, see our Historic Photo Collection page, or visit us to see our 100 binders full of old photos. There are also older photographs of buildings from the Pennsylvania Room Collection at the Gladwyne Free Library and other sources. ![]() An earlier project began in 2000 with photographs of all the buildings on Rock Hill Road in Bala Cynwyd, well in advance of the area's being designated as the Gateway to Lower Merion and then the Rock Hill Overlay District.īeside the teardown buildings (and sometimes their replacements), there are many buildings that are not teardowns: historic buildings, buildings pictured before zoning change or substantial renovation, entire sections - all the buildings in the Ardmore Business District, every building on Sibley Ave and on Bala Ave - and other ordinary and special buildings. We started this focus in 2005 when the number of teardowns increased sharply, fueled by low interest rates and a scarcity of empty land for new building. Our central objective in this section is to record all the buildings that are to be torn down, before the demolition. Although we sometimes try, we can't preserve all historic and notable buildings, not even all the ordinary, but we can at least preserve their images. ![]() Here we have recorded the present, looking ahead to what will be history in the future. Most of our programs and records deal with the past - the first settlers in Lower Merion, the 18th century mills, the 19th century mansions. Lower Merion/Narberth Building Photographs View Building Directory teardown - historic - existing - construction ![]()
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