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2.5 [28] Sister Cities Park: Center City 2 † Matthias Baldwin Park: Baldwin Park 2 † Race Street Pier: Center City 1 † John F. Collins Park: Center City 0.1 † Korean War Memorial Park Penn's Landing: 4 † Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: Penn's Landing 2.4 † Spruce Street Harbor Park: Penn's Landing 0.9 † Drexel Park: University ...
Schuylkill River Park is a swath of land owned by the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It encompasses most of the area bordered by 25th Street and the Schuylkill River (more exactly the CSX Tracks) between Manning and Delancey Streets and the area bordered by the Schuylkill River and 26th Street between Delancey and Pine Streets.
Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city. [4] [5] Fairmount Park consists of two park sections named East Park and West Park, divided by the Schuylkill River, with the two sections together totalling 2,052 acres (830 ha). [3]
The Phillies played their first game ever on April 2, 1883 and defeated the amateur Manayunk Ashlands by the score of 11-0 at Recreation Park. [ 2 ] Once the lease had expired following the 1886 season, the club moved into their own new facility, Philadelphia Baseball Park , which they would call home for the next 51 + 1 ⁄ 2 years.
Gustine Lake was a small, man-made lake located in the East Falls section of Northwest Philadelphia. Today, it is the site of the Gustine Lake Interchange, located between Kelly Drive and U.S. Route 1. [1] As late as 1954, this lake was part of the Wissahickon Valley Park. [2] [3]
Philadelphia Museum of Art at 2600 Benjamin Franklin Franklin Institute at 222 N. 20th Street National Constitution Center at Independence National Historical Park at 143 S. 3rd Street Eastern State Penitentiary at 2027 Fairmount Avenue Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing Museum of the American Revolution at 101 South Third Street
712 [[Arch Street (Philadelphia)}Arch Street]], Philadelphia (subsequent research has found 726 Arch to be the actual site of Barton's home.) 39°57′14″N 75°09′01″W / 39.95398°N 75.1504°W / 39.95398; -75.1504 ( Benjamin Smith Barton (1766
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Park (originally named League Island Park) is a park located along the Delaware River in the southernmost point of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, comprising some 348 acres (1.41 km 2), about 125 acres (0.51 km 2) of buildings, roadways, pathways for walking, landscaped architecture, and a variety of picnic and recreation areas placed within about 77 acres ...