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The properties are distributed across all of Philadelphia's 12 planning districts. East/West Oak Lane, Olney, Upper North and Lower North are included as North Philadelphia. Kensington, Near Northeast and Far Northeast are part of Northeast Philadelphia. Roxborough/Manayunk and Germantown/Chestnut Hill are a part of Northwest Philadelphia.
The Old Patent Office Building is a historic building in Washington, D.C. that covers an entire city block between F and G Streets and 7th and 9th Streets NW in the Penn Quarter section of Chinatown. Built 1836–1867 in the Greek Revival style, the building first served as one of the earliest U.S. Patent Office buildings.
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.
The main influx of heavy industry began with the arrival in 1889 of John Wyeth's chemical laboratory and pharmaceutical works. Ultimately the company built several other buildings near the PW&B tracks, including the handsome five-story loft building at the northwest corner of 12th and Washington in 1909. John Wanamaker Clothing Factory in 1984
Demographic information for ZIP Code 19151 covers Overbrook and Morris Park as well as parts of Carroll Park. [10] This ZIP Code as a whole is sometimes referred to as Overbrook . [ 11 ] Major trends identified in 2011 were an increase in the African American population and a drop in the White population from 1990 to 2010, a change which took ...
The neighborhood has distinct architecture that separates it from surrounding neighborhoods. Along with larger and sometimes detached houses, West Oak Lane has many tree-lined streets and small yards. In 2005, the 19126 and 19138 ZIP Codes, which contain West Oak Lane, had a median home sale price of $113,200. This was a 34-percent increase ...
Land Title Building data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1514, " Land Title Bank and Trust Company, 100–118 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA ", 2 photos, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
The former United States Post Office-Main Branch is a historic post office building that is located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia. It is situated across from Amtrak's 30th Street Station. It operated as the main postal processing facility for Philadelphia from 1933 until its closure in 2008.