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The 1700 block was ‘Cox Street’ on early maps [7] [13] and was in place by 1838. [16] Plays and Players Theatre, at 1714 Delancey Place, originally called ‘Little Theatre of Philadelphia’, [21] is one of the oldest professional theater companies in the United States, founded in 1911. Actor Kevin Bacon performed there as a child in 1974.
English: The maps use data from nationalatlas.gov, specifically countyp020.tar.gz on the Raw Data Download page. The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz. The Florida maps use hydrogm020.tar.gz to display Lake Okeechobee.
Maintained by PennDOT, Philadelphia, and Springfield Township: Length: 9.0 mi [1] (14.5 km) History: Commissioned in 1682: Component highways: PA 309 between Ogontz Avenue and PA 611: Major junctions; West end: Paper Mill Road in Flourtown: PA 309 in Cheltenham PA 611 in East Oak Lane US 1 / US 13 / PA 232 in Lawncrest: East end
PennDOT and City of Philadelphia: Length: 5.6 mi (9.0 km) [1] Component highways: SR 3008 from Front Street to City Hall PA 3 eastbound between 63rd and 33rd Streets in Philadelphia: Location: Center City, Pennsylvania, U.S. West end: PA 3 in Cobbs Creek: Major junctions: US 13 in University City I-76 in University City PA 611 (Broad Street) in ...
Girard Avenue (US 30) westbound past 38th Street in West Philadelphia. Girard Avenue was named for banker Stephen Girard (1750–1831) who, at his death, was the richest man in the United States [3] – who directed that his fortune be used to found a trade school for orphaned boys.
But if Philadelphia was indebted to England for the name of High Street, nearly every American town is, in turn, indebted to Philadelphia for its Market Street. Long before the city was laid out or settled, Philadelphia's founder, William Penn, had planned that markets would be held regularly on the 100-foot (30 m) wide High Street.
Southwest Center City (SWCC), also known as Graduate Hospital, [1] is a neighborhood that is located in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, bordering Center City Philadelphia. The neighborhood is bordered on the north by South Street, on the south by Washington Avenue, on the west by the Schuylkill River, and on the east by Broad ...
Juniata (also known as Juniata Park) is a working class, predominantly Hispanic and Caucasian neighborhood in North Philadelphia, which is a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Juniata is located south of the Juniata Golf Club in Tacony Creek Park.