About Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building
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Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building is a historic freight station, warehouse and showroom building located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1929, and is a six-story, flat roofed building in the Art Deco style. The first floor is clad in limestone and the upper stories are of buff-colored brick. Each floor contains approximately 88,000 square feet. The building has been converted to residential use and is now known as the Left Bank.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.