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Chestnut Street is a major historic street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was originally named Wynne Street because Thomas Wynne's home was there. William Penn renamed it Chestnut Street in 1684. It runs east–west from the Delaware River waterfront in downtown Philadelphia through Center City and West Philadelphia.
The Boyd was designed by Philadelphia architecture firm Hoffman-Henon and built for Alexander R. Boyd. [1] It opened on Christmas Day 1928. Boasting an opulent Art Deco lobby, extravagant marquee and ticket booth and a 2,450 seat auditorium that featured a screen advertised as 'the largest in Philadelphia', the theater became well known among several others along Chestnut Street.
The interior of the theatre. The Chestnut Street Theatre (originally named the New Theatre) was the brainchild of Thomas Wignell and Alexander Reinagle who in 1791 convinced a group of Philadelphia investors to build a theater suitable for Wignell's company to perform in. Wignell had not yet formed his company when the New Theatre was being set up to be built, but as the New Theater was being ...
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-6707, "Victory Building, Tenth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page HABS No. PA-1523, " New York Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, 1001–1005 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA ", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page
Middle Years Alternative & Parkway School (6-12): 49th and Chestnut St. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander University of Pennsylvania Partnership School (K-8): 42nd and Locust St. Samuel Powel School (K-4): 36th and Powelton Ave. West Philadelphia High School (9-12): 48th and Chestnut St. Private Christ Memorial Day School (K-6): 43rd and Chestnut St.
The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia is a Unitarian Universalist congregation located at 2125 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a regional Community Center it sponsors cultural, educational, civic, wellness and spiritual activities.
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Along with Jacob Reed's Sons Store to the immediate west and the Packard Building on 15th Street, the building set the standard for commercial buildings on fashionable Chestnut Street. The Crozer Building included Griffith Hall, named for Dr. Benjamin Griffith, which was used as a place for public music concerts and other events from the 1890s ...