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Southwest Philadelphia (formerly Kingsessing Township) is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that can be described as extending from the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, with the northern border defined by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission as east from the city line along Baltimore Avenue moving south along ...
Birch's Views of Philadelphia was an 1800 book of prints drawn and engraved by William Russell Birch (1755–1834) and his son Thomas Birch (1779–1851). The 27 illustrations of the city are extraordinarily valuable to historians because they document Philadelphia architecture and street-life at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Cira Centre South is a complex of two skyscrapers in the University City district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, directly across the Schuylkill River from Center City, Philadelphia. The complex is between Walnut Street and Chestnut Street south of 30th Street Station and the Old Post Office Building .
Prior to 2018, the district covered West Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, and Northwest Philadelphia, as well as parts of South Philadelphia, Center City, and western suburbs such as Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. Before the 113th Congress, the district did not contain Lower Merion Township but instead contained Cheltenham Township.
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.
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 ...
Francisville is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] [2] Its boundaries are Fairmount Avenue to the south, Girard Avenue to the north, Broad Street to the east, and Corinthian Avenue to the west. [3] In 2000, it had a population of about 4,500.
Point Breeze is a multicultural neighborhood in South Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.It is bounded by 25th Street to the west, Washington Avenue to the north, Broad Street to the east, and Moore Street to the south.