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The Race Street Meetinghouse is an historic and still active Quaker meetinghouse at 1515 Cherry Street in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [2] The meetinghouse served as the site of the Yearly Meeting of the Hicksite sect of the Religious Society of Friends, known as the Quakers, from 1857 to 1955.
The new Quaker meeting house is the first to be built in Philadelphia in eighty years. [2] The Meeting House is an active center for worship and the activities of the Monthly Meeting. [3] Since 1955, it has been a part of the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. [4] The meeting has participated in the Yearly Meetings of Friends.
The Pennsylvania Convention Center comprises four main halls or rooms, smaller meeting rooms and auditoriums, and the Grand Hall, which occupies much of the trainshed of the former Reading Railroad terminal. The rest of the train shed is occupied by meeting rooms and a hallway on the main floor, and the Grand Ballroom on the upper floor.
The Arch Street Meeting House, at 320 Arch Street at the corner of 4th Street in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Built to reflect Friends' testimonies of simplicity and equality, this building is little changed after more than two centuries of continuous use.
It includes the Marlborough Meeting House, Schoolmaster's House (1829), General Store (1834) and residence, a former brick schoolhouse (1901), a small farm, a row of five houses that were built between 1840 and 1855, a Sears House bungalow known as the Brown House (1927), another pattern house known as the Larkin House (1938), and the Bernard ...
You can find a parking map here. Rashid recommends showing up early to ease traffic congestion and secure a parking spot. Trump’s arrival may also shut down highways .
In 1970, Philadelphia considered holding a bicentennial exposition over the rail yards, and the area was also considered for the Pennsylvania Convention Center. [2] In 1985 an office, hotel and shopping complex was proposed by real estate developer Gerald D. Hines , and in 1992 an idea for a stadium was again proposed for the site.
The Philadelphia Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers both played many of their games in the arena; the 1960 NBA All-Star Game was played there. President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at a campaign appearance on October 29, 1964, at Convention Hall. He appeared at the Hall alongside many notable Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Democratic leaders. [2]