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Helene Apartments (Castle Apartments, 232 Cooper Street / 125 N. Third Street)

Contributing structure, Cooper Street Historic District.

Tags: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 200 Block, 2000s, 2010s, 232 Cooper Street, Apartments, Demolition, Investment, Ireland, Real Estate, Redevelopment, Romanesque Revival

During the Vietnam War era, Michael Giocondo participated in the "Camden 28" raid on draft board headquarters.

Tags: 1970s, 200 Block, 229 Cooper Street, Activism, Adult, Catholics, Male, Social Justice, Vietnam

Two Chinese laundries operated on Cooper Street during the late nineteenth century.

Tags: 1880s, 1890s, 200 Block, 214 Cooper Street, 220 Cooper Street, Business, China, Crime, Immigrants, Laundries, Philadelphia, Police, Public Health

In the wake of the Civil War, a young widow contracted for a new house to be built at 228 Cooper Street.

Tags: 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 200 Block, 228 Cooper Street, Adult, Childhood, Civil War, Death, Extended Family, Female, Investment, Italianate, Widows