This attractive building has repeatedly caught our eye as the years have passed, keeping us curious as to how such a large building in such a prominent location has remained vacant and blighted for the better part of the last decade (or more?). Time has been a cruel mistress for 135-37 N 3rd St., with windows breaking, paint chipping, and the facade beginning to crumble.

Gorgeous

Home to Samuel Machinery Company for roughly a hundred years, this building has been slowly decaying as the neighborhood that surrounds it has grown ever nicer. It was purchased at sheriff sale by Electra 137 LLC back in 2007 for $486K, and these owners have intermittently done some work on the building over the years, most recently last autumn, according to a thread on Philadelphia Speaks. Despite this minimal amount of work, the condition…