In the Navy (Yard)
We've got a fun post coming up today- we're looking at South Philly's famed Navy Yard, then heading straight up Broad Street to Center City, where we'll see some awesome neon. Navy Lodge, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard opened on what was then known as League Island (the water in between has since been filled in) at the southern tip of the city in 1876. Over the years, it built hundreds of ships for the Navy. It built its last ship in 1970 as the government began to contract out construction but remained open for maintenance. BRAC recommended this base for closure in 1991, but it did not close fully until 1995. The Navy does still maintain a small maintenance area on the western eld of the base. The main area began being redeveloped into an office park in the early 2000's, while the circa-1970 base housing occupying much of the eastern part of the site remained abandoned until demolition in 2007 and is now used as an imported automobile