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The following is a list of notable restaurants that have operated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
As the long-time headquarters of what is now the School District of Philadelphia, it was a center of the city's educational system. It was completed in 1932. In recent years, it has been converted to residential use. The Board of Education Building was added in 1983 to the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
Stephen Starr founded STARR Restaurants in 1995. [9] In September 1995, Starr opened his first restaurant in Philadelphia, "Continental Restaurant & Martini Bar."" [10] As of 2018, there are twenty Starr Restaurants in Philadelphia; six in New York City; five in Florida; two in Atlantic City, New Jersey; two in Washington, D.C.; and one in Paris, France.
In the 1940s and 1950s, Philadelphia was an important pop music center, with many bands and singers being made or broken in the city. [7] The 20th Century Club, Ciro's and the opulent, art deco Click Club on Market St. which Frank also owned were significant elements in the music scene. [7]
The School District of Philadelphia is the sole school district in Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-largest city as of 2020 census. [18] Prior to August 2012, the district was organized into academic division (AD) offices, each with its own assistant superintendent.
At 10 p.m., the student was arrested, and a Jaguar SUV was towed, according to the Philadelphia police department. Only the student who was identified was arrested and charged after the incident.
Centre Square is an office complex in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The complex consists of two concrete high-rise towers: the 417 feet (127 m) Centre Square I, also known as Centre Square East, and the 490 feet (150 m) Centre Square II (Centre Square West) represent the 24th and 15th-tallest buildings in Philadelphia, respectively.
Noah Scurry, a 17-year-old basketball star at his Philadelphia high school, died after he was shot on the way to school. According to CBS and NBC Philadelphia, Scurry and his mother were on their ...