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Southwest Philadelphia (formerly Kingsessing Township) is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that can be described as extending from the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, with the northern border defined by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission as east from the city line along Baltimore Avenue moving south along ...
1860 June 9: Japanese embassy arrives. Philadelphia Sketch Club organized. Population: 565,529. [18] McGillin's Olde Ale House opened on Drury Street. McGillin's is the oldest continuously operating tavern in Philadelphia and one of the oldest in the country. [40] 1862 Photographic Society of Philadelphia [41] and Union League of Philadelphia ...
In 1854, when it was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia by the Act of Consolidation, the borough comprised the area bounded on the north by South Street, on the west by Passyunk Avenue from 5th and South to 10th and Reed; the boundary then ran along Reed Street, down 7th, and along Mifflin Street to the river.
The European forts and settlements in the Delaware River Valley, then known as New Sweden, c. 1650 A 1683 map of Philadelphia, which is believed to be the first city map created Philadelphia's seal in 1683 Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West now on display above the north door of the United States Capitol rotunda
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The Awbury Historic District is a historic area in the East Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [3] [4] It encompasses the former summer homes and farms of the extended Cope family, who moved to the area starting in 1849 and the entire Awbury Arboretum, which occupies most of the district's area, as well as adjacent properties developed and occupied by Henry Cope (1793-1865 ...
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PennDOT and City of Philadelphia: Length: 5.6 mi (9.0 km) [1] Component highways: SR 3008 from Front Street to City Hall PA 3 eastbound between 63rd and 33rd Streets in Philadelphia: Location: Center City, Pennsylvania, U.S. West end: PA 3 in Cobbs Creek: Major junctions: US 13 in University City I-76 in University City PA 611 (Broad Street) in ...