elfret

Updated: April 30, 2025

To walk through Combes Alley and Elfret Alley is to sense what once was and to realize the trend of the times, but there is much material for study in these rapidly decaying old sections that repay a visit by the architect and student. Happily, however, one of these typical little streets is to be perpetuated in something like its pristine condition.

Frank Cousins - The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia