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Among the many attractions and historic sites on Walnut Street are Independence National Historical Park and Society Hill on the east and Washington Square, Washington Square West, the St. James Hotel (1226-1232), the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (1419-1411), the Sun Oil Building (1608-1610), the 1616 Walnut Street Building, Rittenhouse Square ...
1904 Walnut Street Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral: ... 1700 Spruce Street Completed 1856, John McArthur Jr., architect Altered 1893, Frank Miles Day, architect
Walnut Street Prison was a city jail and penitentiary house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1790 to 1838. Legislation calling for establishment of the jail was passed in 1773 to relieve overcrowding in the High Street Jail; the first prisoners were admitted in 1776. [ 1 ]
The 1700 block of Ionic Street, a narrow thoroughfare just north of this building, was renamed Stock Exchange Place and was still signed as such as of 2017. [ citation needed ] In December 1968, in response to a fiscal crisis, Philadelphia imposed a $0.05 per share stock transfer tax for all transactions on the PHLX.
The Philadelphia skyline as seen from Boathouse Row in June 2019 (annotated version) The Philadelphia skyline as seen from the Delaware River in February 2023 Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is home to more than 300 completed high-rise buildings and skyscrapers up to 330 feet (101 m), and 58 completed skyscrapers of 330 feet (101 m) or taller, of which 34 are ...
The St. James is a luxury residential skyscraper in Washington Square West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.The 498 feet (152 m), 45-story high-rise stands along Walnut Street and Washington Square and is the 15th tallest building in Philadelphia.
Cira Centre South is a complex of two skyscrapers in the University City district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, directly across the Schuylkill River from Center City, Philadelphia. The complex is between Walnut Street and Chestnut Street south of 30th Street Station and the Old Post Office Building .
Fitler Square: north to Locust Street, south to South Street, east to 21st Street, west to the Schuylkill River. [4] Penn's Landing: encompassed by the Delaware Riverfront. Society Hill: north to Walnut St., south to Lombard St, east to Front Street, west to 8th St. [5]