Philly International building to be demolished

[theboyfromxtown]

http://www.soultracks.com/story-pir-building

[marv2]

This is sad. I remember driving past that building many days on my way to and from work. A lot of music history there. I wished it could be saved.

[milven]

Thanks for the link. I had no idea the building was being demolished. The music that came out of that building provided me so much pleasure as a teenager when Cameo-Parkway was there with artists like Chubby, Dee Dee, Orlons and so many more. But that was nothing compared to the joy they provided me in the seventies. I am glad they are preserving the PI sign in the hopes of using it for a future museum honoring the music and the artists, writers, arrangers and mixers. Like Motown, PI music will live forever.

Your link also provided this link to a PI mix, which I am listening to and enjoying as I type this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2S33d1uffU#t=189

[dvus7]

Gamble, Huff & Bell are CHOOSING to sell the building!!!!! They are well aware of the value!!!! It's called an offer "we could not refuse"!!!!!

[woodward]

Gamble, Huff & Bell are CHOOSING to sell the building!!!!! They are well aware of the value!!!! It's called an offer "we could not refuse"!!!!!

What amazes me beyond comprehension is the fact that the Philadelphia newspaper web sites have NOTHING on about this catastrophic event. I am amazed that it was picked up by an overseas media source. A negative for the Philadelphia media.

[thomas96]

Makes sense considering the fire already destroyed most of it and what was inside it. Everything salvageable is being taken out and in the end a building is just a building. Sucks to see it go, but it wasn't the building that created the legacy, it was the people.