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I was recently in this location also and have just uploaded some pics to my Flickr.
http://goo.gl/rsMKf
Awesome photos. Another great location for the sequel to “12 Monkeys”!
How did you get these pics? I work near this building and was interested. (After seeing the trolley tracks coming from the building) I called my Uncle who is a Philadelphia historian. He stated there were several companies in that building. he had his first job there. It was called the M&M knitting Mills. I looked it up but I can’t find anything.