Does anyone know where to look for information / possible photos of past building developments in Philadelphia? Like... I am interested in checking out info about my housing developement when it was being built in the 70s... Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

The L&I basement is suppose to have folders on all properties but they have often been tampered with. I've found stuff at local historical societies and micro film of old newspapers. What kind of information are you looking for?

Try Phillyhistory.org for photos. L&I has plenty of complete files - you could get lucky. You might also try the Planning Commission especially since what you are researching is a relatively new developments.

Thanks for your help... Ehh, well I'm not looking for anything major... I'm just curious to find out info about my house when it was being built, photos of the area, etc. The house was just built in 1975.

I'm familiar with the amazing Phillyhistory.org site... I've seen just about all I can see on that site, haha.