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Palumbo's was a popular 20th century restaurant with nightclub entertainment located near the Italian Market section of South Philadelphia. Palumbo's included a banquet hall and Nostalgia's Restaurant. [1] The basic format of the restaurant was an adaptation of the music hall of the United Kingdom or vaudeville in the United States, showcasing ...
Old Philadelphians, also called Proper Philadelphians[ 1 ] or Perennial Philadelphians, [ 2 ] are the First Families of Philadelphia, that class of Pennsylvanians who claim hereditary and cultural descent mainly from England, also from Ulster, Wales and even Germany, and who founded the city of Philadelphia. They settled the state of Pennsylvania.
Northeast Village, Philadelphia. The Northeast Village was a wartime military housing project just south of the present Normandy Village, between Red Lion Rd. to the south, Decatur Rd. to the east, Comly Rd. to the north, and the Roosevelt Boulevard to the west in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The land was owned by several farmers ...
The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel is a landmark building at 200 S. Broad Street at the corner of Walnut Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Constructed in 1904 and expanded to its present size in 1912, it has continued as a well-known institution for more than a century and is still widely known by that original, historic name.
Pages in category "1950s in Philadelphia" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1950 NFL draft;
The city of Philadelphia was founded and incorporated in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and during the American Revolution was the site of the First ...
The original Broad Street Station in September 1885 The station in the 1920s. The original station was designed by Wilson Brothers & Company under authority of the old Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (established 1836 from merger of four smaller segment lines dating to 1831, running southwest to Baltimore and its President Street Station which had just been purchased by the ...
215, 267, and 445. Academy Gardens is a neighborhood located in Far Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [ 1] It is located on the eastern side of the Far Northeast. Its approximate boundaries are Pennypack Park, Grant Avenue, the John F. Byrne Golf Course, and Holme Avenue. Originally farmland, it was part of the holdings of ...