In 1924, the YM-YWHA found themselves in a building that would lead to a flourishing future of the arts and culture of Philadelphia’s Jewish community. The building is known today as the Gershman Y. Fourteen years ago, in 2000, the building was taken over by the University of the Arts and left the basement for time to take it’s effect. This book serves to explore it’s past and the small part of the building that has been touched by time.