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The Sugar House
![[Pennsylvania Sugar Company]. Image provided by Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Pennsylvania Sugar Company]. Image provided by Historical Society of Pennsylvania](http://www.philaplace.org/media/philaplace/images/4/6/86080_ca_object_representations_media_4610_hsp2.jpg)
Known to many in the neighborhood as the Sugar House, this long-standing sugar refinery closed its doors in 1984. The …
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Philadelphia General Hospital (Old Blockley): Philadelphians "Ain't Goin' to no Bellevue"

At the Southeast corner of the University of Pennsylvania’s campus in University City, where the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania and …