Quite the sight in Center City Wednesday night as the Parkway Corporation prepares to move an historic Gulf Station to Fairmount Park.
Parkway CEO Rob Zuritsky says it will cost over $1 million to move the piece of history—slowly and carefully—to its new home just two miles away.
"This is the first time we've ever been involved with anything like this," said Zuritsky. "The brisk speed of moving one mile an hour. Somebody joked to me, ‘What kind of gas mileage does a gas station get?’" Only two other historic buildings have been relocated in the area over the years, according to Executive Director of the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, Paul Steinke.
"It's not unheard of, but it's rare," said Steinke. "It’s picturesque. It's fun to look at. It's fun to think about the world. It was built in with model T's. It's a world that's kind of vanished and people are fascinated by that." Not only will the old Gulf Station be getting a new home, but it will also be getting new life. The Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition will be using it for meetings and office space.
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