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SS United States is a retired ocean liner built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines.She is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction, retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title she still holds.
Moshulu. Moshulu is a four-masted steel barque, built as Kurt by William Hamilton and Company at Port Glasgow in Scotland in 1904. The largest remaining original windjammer, she is currently a floating restaurant docked in Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, adjacent to the museum ships USS Olympia and USS Becuna.
Old Original Bookbinder's was a seafood restaurant at 125 Walnut Street in Philadelphia. It was known for its lobsters and its Bookbinder's soup. The restaurant was decorated with bas-reliefs of U.S. Presidents on its stained-glass façade and the Gettysburg Address written in bronze near the front door. The lobby held the world's largest ...
The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, commonly known as PhilaPort, and referred to as The Port of Philadelphia, is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged with the management, maintenance, marketing, and promotion of port facilities along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, as well as strategic planning throughout the port district.
39°56′59″N 75°10′01″W / 39.94979°N 75.16704°W / 39.94979; -75.16704. Le Bec-Fin was a French restaurant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that first opened in 1970. Owner and founder Georges Perrier named the restaurant after the French colloquialism for "fine palate". The restaurant had been rated America's finest French ...
The Philadelphia skyline as seen from Boathouse Row in June 2019 (annotated version) The Philadelphia skyline as seen from the Delaware River in February 2023 Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is home to more than 300 completed high-rise buildings up to 330 feet (101 m), and 58 completed skyscrapers of 330 feet (101 m) or taller, of which 34 are 400 feet (122 m ...
The One Liberty Observation Deck, also called Philly from the Top, opened to the public on November 28, 2015. [3] The observation deck is fully enclosed and offers 360 degree panoramic views of the city from 883 feet above street level, which was the highest public access level and the tallest standing building attraction in Philadelphia as of ...
City Tavern. The City Tavern is a late-20th century building designed to be the replica of the historic 18th-century tavern and hotel building which stood on the site. It is located at 138 South 2nd Street in Philadelphia, at the intersection of Second and Walnut streets, near Independence Hall. The original 18th century building was frequented ...