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The name nevertheless stuck, long after most people had forgotten the arch itself. Aramingo Avenue: Named for Aramingo Borough whose name was a corruption of the Lenni Lenapi stream name Tumanaraming, meaning "Wolf Walk." [1] Baltimore Avenue: Originally Baltimore Pike, named for the destination city of Baltimore, Maryland: Blair Street: Named ...
Philadelphia Almanac and Citizens' Manual (1995 ed.). Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia. pp. 156– 170. ISBN 0-914076-89-2. Philadelphia Neighborhoods and Place Names—A list adapted and expanded from Finkel 1995:156-170 by the Philadelphia City Archives staff
May 11, 1976 (North Philadelphia Eastern banks of the Schuylkill River: Fairmount Park: First municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822, it operated until 1909.
Location of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are more than 600 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Philadelphia, including 67 National Historic Landmarks.
This is a list of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania.There are currently 956 municipalities classified as boroughs and one classified as a town in Pennsylvania.Unlike other forms of municipalities in Pennsylvania, boroughs and towns are not classified according to population.
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 ...
C. Callowhill, Philadelphia; Carroll Park, Philadelphia; Castor Gardens, Philadelphia; Cathedral Park, Philadelphia; Cecil B. Moore, Philadelphia; Cedar Park ...
This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania; Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania) Allegheny Mountains; Allegheny River