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York City s Historical Architectural Review Board on Thursday approved the demolition of a historic building that has been vacant and blighted for decades.
HARB unanimously approved Royal Square Development & Construction s request to raze the old Philly Café, building, located at 484-486 W. Philadelphia St. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Normally, we don t approve demolitions of historic buildings like this that are relatively intact, but this one has to do with, basically, demolition by neglect that well predates the current owners, said board member Mark Shermeyer.
Shermeyer has said the historical building once housed the well-known old Philly Café, a local destination spot for those in York and surrounding areas.