16th between JFK & Arch

16th between JFK and Arch. On this block in 1931. , Originally called Broad Street Suburban Station, the large underground rail station running from 15th to 16th Streets opened up to the public on September 28, 1930. The 20-story office building above the station. One Penn Center, designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White is an impressive example of the Art Deco style. The office building, which cost approximately $6 million to build, is constructed of gray limestone with black marble ends and is decorated in ornate bronze and gold-colored fixtures with red marble inlays. The structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on may 9, 1985., Suburban Station, with 8 tracks and 4 platforms, originally served as an end terminal station, until 1984 when the Center City Commuter Connection project extended four of those tracks east towards Market East Station, providing train service through Center City. The project took 6 years to complete and cost $330 million., In 1931 , President: Herbert Hoover (R) , Mayor: Harry Arista Mackey (R) , Philadelphia population: 1,950,961, Money matters , Beans: 10¢/pound , Cheese: 32¢/pound , Eggs: 42¢/dozen , Bread: 8¢/loaf , Milk: 15¢/quart , Rice: 8¢/pound , Apples: $3.25 for box of 100 , Bottle opener: 10¢ , Coca Cola: 5¢ / bottle , Baby Ruth candy bar: 5¢ , Electric iron: $3.95, Events , January 10, The Philadelphia Quakers defeated Montreal, ending an NHL-record 15-game losing streak., February 18, American writer Toni Morrison was born., March 3, The "Star Spangled Banner" officially became the U.S. national anthem., March 18, The first Schick electric shavers went on sale in the U.S., May 1, The construction of the Empire State Building in New York City was completed., June 9, The Donald Duck cartoon premiered., November 13, Hattie Caraway (D-AK) was appointed as the first U.S. woman senator., December 26, George/Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," premiered in New York City., The massive flooding of the Yangtze River in China caused more than 3 million deaths.