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Monday, November 21, 2011
Philly papers leaving iconic home
In a move everyone saw coming, the owners of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News announced the two newspapers are leaving their landmark Broad Street home for a smaller space downtown. The home of Philadelphia's two daily newspapers opened in 1925 and for decades has been one of Philadelphia's iconic buildings. The 18-story Beaux Arts skyscraper has a white facade and a distinctive clock tower. Philadelphia's two newspapers have been steadily shedding staff and currently occupy only about half the building. The Inquirer and Daily News will move into the former Strawbridge & Clothier store at Eighth and Market streets.