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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 ...
The Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building is an historic, American freight station, warehouse and showroom building that is located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Washington Square West is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.The neighborhood roughly corresponds to the area between 7th and Broad Streets and between Chestnut and South Streets, bordering on the Independence Mall tourist area directly northeast, Market East to the north, Old City and Society Hill to the East, Bella Vista directly south, Hawthorne to the ...
South Philadelphia includes 63 of these properties and districts, including 2 National Historic Landmarks; the city's remaining properties and districts are listed elsewhere. One site is split between South Philadelphia and other parts of the city, and is thus included on multiple lists.
The rest of the line, south and east to Greenwich Yard, opened in 1900 as the Schuylkill River Branch Extension to serve League Island. [ 7 ] The part of the Harrisburg Subdivision north of Zoo was built by the Junction Railroad and opened in 1863, connecting to what was then the main line of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road at Belmont. [ 8 ]
The Philadelphia Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. The line runs from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , southwest to Baltimore, Maryland , along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) line.
The Main Belting Company was at its location on Carpenter Street before 1900, and was extended in 1902 and again in 1911. On the 1100 block were the Curtis Publishing Company Warehouse and the adjacent American Cigar Company. The National Licorice Company built its modern reinforced concrete plant in 1927-28) at 13th and Washington Avenue ...
The Christian Street Historic District is an historic district located along Christian Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [ 2 ] : 5 It is also known as Black Doctors' Row . [ 2 ] : 221 The narrow district extends approximately six city blocks , from the 1400 block of Christian Street to the intersection of Christian Street ...