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In July 2012, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News relocated to the third floor of the building from their former headquarters at 400 North Broad Street. On October 23, 2014, the Century 21 Department Stores company of New York City opened its first location outside of the greater New York City area on a portion of the street ...
Dickens and Little Nell is a bronze sculpture by Francis Edwin Elwell that stands in Clark Park in the Spruce Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia. [1] The sculpture depicts the 19th-century British author Charles Dickens and Nell Trent , a character from his 1840–41 novel The Old Curiosity Shop .
A Dickens fair (also Dickensian evening, Dickens Christmas fair, Dickens fête, or Dickens festival) is a weekend or multi-day gathering open to the public that attempts to recreate a Victorian English setting reminiscent of the novels of Charles Dickens. Events may be outdoor, indoor or a combination of the two.
The historic 720,000-square-foot (67,000 m 2) building was put on the market in 2007, with an asking price of $70 million (~$99.1 million in 2023). [10] The main entrance, addressed as 701 Market Street, carried the name Market Place East, but was renamed the Lits Building in June 2013. [ 11 ]
The Historic Site is the only one of Poe's Philadelphia homes still standing [8] and is located in the historical Spring Garden district on the northern edge of Philadelphia. [ 9 ] Poe rented the house early in 1843 and is believed to have lived there for about a year or less [ 10 ] along with his wife Virginia and his aunt/mother-in-law Maria ...
The Rosenbach is a Philadelphia museum and library located within two 19th-century townhouses. Established as a testamentary gift in 1954. [1] [2] The historic houses contain the donated collections of Dr. Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach and his brother Philip H. Rosenbach.
Between the years 1890 and 1917, the site was acquired through donations and purchases by the City of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park Commission. A nonprofit organization called Historic RittenhouseTown, Inc. was founded in 1984 to preserve, restore, and historically interpret RittenhouseTown. [ 5 ]
"A LARP In The Park: Swordsmen and sorcery in West Philadelphia", 34th Street magazine, March 25, 2010. Article about LARPing at Clark Park. University and Urban Revival by Judith Rodin, University of Pennsylvania (2007), pp. 72-76. Describes efforts by UCD and FOCP to revive the park. 1912 photo of Dickens statue showing all young trees in ...