Housing
Funeral for a Philadelphia Rowhouse
On the eve of its demolition, a memorial service remembers the life of one of the last homes on a single block in the Mantua neighborhood.
The voices of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church choir echoed off the buildings on Saturday along the 3700 block of West Philadelphia’s Melon Street.
Their usual pulpit sits around the corner at 37th and Wallace. But this past weekend, they sang at the funeral of an unusual neighbor: a small, dilapidated rowhouse at 3711 Melon, torn down that night.